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Senegal - Increasing Access to Sustainable Water and Sanitation Services

The Water and Sanitation Millennium Project (Programme d’Eau Potable et d’Assainissement du Millénaire) in Senegal facilitated access to services by improving and expanding water production and distribution...
Type: Brief Report#: 135436 Date: January 1, 2019
The Democratic Republic of Congo : Can Incentives to Take Home Textbooks Increase Learning?

The Results in Education for All Children (REACH) Trust Fund at the World Bank funded an evaluation that measured the effectiveness of both financial and non-financial incentives at the student, classroom,...
Type: Brief Report#: 134797 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: Motte Dit Falisse,Jean-Benoit Emmanuel P ; Huysentruyt, Marieke ; Olofsgård, Anders
Seeking inputs: Economic Initiatives for a Post-Settlement in Afghanistan

The international community has asked the World Bank to develop a plan to guide international aid support for economic growth, development, and poverty reduction following any potential political settlement...
Type: Brief Report#: 179409 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: World Bank
Teach : Implementation Brief

Teach is an observation tool that captures: (i) the time teachers spend on learning and the extent to which students are on task, and (ii) the quality of teaching practices that help develop students’...
Type: Brief Report#: 132205 Date: January 1, 2019
Bangladesh : Food for Work, Work for Money, and Test Relief - Program Brief

In the lean periods ahead of harvest, twice a year, when food shortages are most significant, the rural labor force has fewer employment and income generating opportunities. Many agricultural workers find...
Type: Brief Report#: 135297 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: Anwar,Rubaba ; Cho,Yoonyoung ; Aziz,Ashiq
Mozambique - Improving Access to Drinking Water and Strengthening Institutional Capacity

The Water Services and Institutional Support Project (2007–15) aided the government of Mozambique by rehabilitating and expanding water systems in over 12 cities and towns. Through a combined approach...
Type: Brief Report#: 135429 Date: January 1, 2019
Technology for Results : Using Smartphones to Verify Results and Serve the Public in Vietnam’s Water Sector

The note serves to show how smartphones and digital platforms/workflows can be effectively used to collect and process validation data about decentralized/dispersed frontline results. The case study shows...
Type: Brief Report#: 139456 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: Kaiser,Kai-Alexander ; Pena Pereira Weiss,Lilian ; Chase,Claire ; Hong,Hai Le Tuyen
Colombia - Unveiling the Impact of Public Transport Fare Policies in Bogota, Colombia

For the poorest in the world, affordable public transport determines whether they can travel longer distances and access better opportunities, often not available within walking distance. Bogota, Colombia,...
Type: Brief Report#: 140908 Date: January 1, 2019
Chad - Economic Recovery Credit

Type: Brief Report#: 140063 Date: January 1, 2019
Indonesia Balance of Payment Release : Q2 2019

Indonesia posted a current account deficit (CAD) of United States dollars (USD) 8.4 billion in Q2 2019, up from USD 7.0 billion in Q1. On a four-quarter rolling sum basis, the CAD remained unchanged from...
Type: Brief Report#: 142785 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: Adriani,Magda
Allowances for the Financially Insolvent Disabled : Program Brief

A significant share of people is affected by disabilities in Bangladesh - some studies find that people with disabilities (PWDs) constitute 7 percent of the population of Bangladesh, or almost a third...
Type: Brief Report#: 135275 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: Anwar,Rubaba ; Cho,Yoonyoung ; Aziz,Ashiq
Iraq - Interventions to Urgently Improve the Quantity and Quality of Drinking Water

Due to years of conflict and political instability, Iraq has long faced complex institutional challenges. Water and sanitation services were sorely lacking, posing a threat to public health and quality...
Type: Brief Report#: 135438 Date: January 1, 2019
Egypt - Pioneering Participatory Integrated Water Resources Management in the Nile Delta

The World Bank’s Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Trust Fund financed a project centered on piloting participatory Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in the Nile Delta. The Enhanced Water...
Type: Brief Report#: 135430 Date: January 1, 2019
EFI Tip Sheet : Maximizing Climate Co-benefits in MTI Operations

Climate change affects what the World Bank does as a development institution. Rising temperatures, increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, and changing seasonal weather patterns put various...
Type: Brief Report#: 170253 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: World Bank
EFI Tip Sheet : Maximizing Climate Co-benefits in FCI Operations

Climate change affects what the World Bank does as a development institution. Rising temperatures, increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, and changing seasonal weather patterns put various...
Type: Brief Report#: 170254 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: World Bank
Energy Subsidy Reform Facility Country Brief : Rwanda

Reforming electricity subsidies is a complex challenge in Rwanda, a landlocked country with limited energy resources and a small industrial base. Expensive and historically unreliable electricity services...
Type: Brief Report#: 133963 Date: January 1, 2019
Afghanistan : Mazar IPP

Three decades of conflict have left Afghanistan’s power system battered. More than half of the population has no access to electricity and those connected to the grid suffer from frequent, lengthy power...
Type: Brief Report#: 135544 Date: January 1, 2019
Malawi, Tanzania - Health Impacts of Emergency Response and Medical Care

This impact evaluation (IE) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the two pilot programs aimed at reducing adverse health outcomes from road traffic injuries (RTIs) through improved access to emergency...
Type: Brief Report#: 137211 Date: January 1, 2019
Vietnam’s Growth and Success comes with Challenges for Water Resources

Vietnam faces multiple challenges, that require urgent and immediate action: there is an emerging mismatch between water supply and demand in certain locations and seasons, with consequent water stress...
Type: Brief Report#: 137580 Date: January 1, 2019
EFI Tip Sheet : Maximizing Climate Co-benefits in EFI Operations

Climate change affects what the World Bank does as a development institution. Rising temperatures, increasing frequency and intensity of natural disasters, and changing seasonal weather patterns put various...
Type: Brief Report#: 170251 Date: January 1, 2019 Author: World Bank