This brief highlights five key policy-relevant findings about food insecurity in Afghanistan prior to the 2018 drought. These findings are based on analysis of the Afghanistan Living Conditions Surveys....
Mini grids can economically supply electricity to people in areas that the main grid is unlikely to reach soon. Mini grids can be quickly deployed and are increasingly price-competitive against traditional...
Type: BriefReport#: 137147Date: May 1, 2019Author:
Ehrhardt,David ;
Servetti, Gianmarco ;
Tessier, Lisa ;
Missirian, Charly ;
Hervot, Laurie
Countries across the globe suffer from high rates of youth unemployment and inactivity. The Maldives are not immune. Despite efforts by the government to increase employment opportunities among young Maldivians,...
In the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, only one in two working-age adults has a job, and the region is experiencing more and more limited job creation to absorb the working-age population. In some...
Corporate governance is defined as the structures and processes by which companies are directed and controlled. The Corporate Governance Development Framework (CGDF) is a common approach on how to address...
Type: BriefReport#: 178262Date: May 1, 2019Author:
World Bank
In the Kyrgyz Republic, a nationwide shortage of equipment and expertise meant that only 20 percent of people who needed dialysis had access to it through the country's public health centers. With nearly...
The World Bank and the Development Research Center of the State Council are collaborating on an exciting new initiative to provide an evidence-based framework for identifying, evaluating and realizing...
Garment workers in Haiti face gender-based violence daily, affecting their well-being and performance at work. Recently, IFC partnered with Share Hope Foundation, a nonprofit organization supporting Haitian...
Reforming wage bills can significantly impact a country’s fiscal outlook, public sector performance, the health of its labor market, and private sector development. The public sector represents an average...
Type: BriefReport#: 136843Date: May 1, 2019Author:
Van Acker,Wouter ;
Hasnain,Zahid
Corporate governance is defined as the structures and processes by which companies are directed and controlled. Good corporate governance helps companies operate more efficiently, improve access to capital,...
Type: BriefReport#: 177582Date: April 30, 2019Author:
World Bank
This migration and development brief provides updates on global trends in migration and remittances. It highlights developments related to migration-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators...
Type: BriefReport#: 193025Date: April 30, 2019Author:
Ratha, Dilip ;
De, Supriyo ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Seshan, Ganesh Kumar ;
Yameogo, Nadege Desiree
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 25, 2019 contains economic highlights, including: Bank Indonesia (BI) Board of Governors agreed to hold the BI 7-Day Reverse Repo Rate at 6.00 percent,...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 24, 2019 contains economic highlights, including: the Ministry of Industry is to disburse IDR 1.78 trillion for vocational education in 2019.
Nepal ranks 105 out of 149 countries on the Global Gender Gap Index 2018 conducted by the World Economic Forum, indicating that there is still a critical need to focus on gender equality across various...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 23, 2019 contains economic highlights, including: the Ministry of Finance reported that the state budget deficit reached IDR 102 trillion in Q1 2019...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 22, 2019 contains economic highlights, including: the Ministry of Finance has released Regulation No. 48/PMK.07/2019 on the management of nonphysical...
The Jakarta Composite Index rose by 1.5 percent over the week, in line with major markets in the region. The Rupiah appreciated against the US dollar, Euro and Japanese Yen by 1.0 percent, 0.8 percent...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 18, 2019 contains economic highlights, including: the government is drafting a regulation concerning a super deduction tax that will be implemented...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 16, 2019 contains economic highlights, including: statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded a trade surplus of USD 540 million in March. Both exports and...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic update for April 15, 2019 contains economic highlights, including: external debt grew by 8.8 percent yoy to USD 388.7 billion at the end of February, consisting of...
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