Policy-makers and regulators are striving to tackle the challenges brought by the recentexponential growth of cross-border data. One sensitive policy concern is how to ensure accessto data by law enforcement,...
Type: BriefReport#: 132606Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Molinuevo,Martin ;
Gaillard,Simon Jean Henri
Albania is heavily dependent on its agricultural sector, which accounts for 20.3 percent of GDP, 49 percent of employment and 8.5 percent of total exports. The fruit and vegetable sector represents 20...
Over the next decade, energy consumption in the residential subsector is expected to grow faster than in the rest of the building sector owing to expected increases in both the number of households and...
Type: BriefReport#: 132947Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Lukas,Aditya Alexander
Young Africans are less likely to have a bank account than adults on the continent. At the same time, they are more likely to have a mobile phone, try out new things and be aware of digital channels. This...
Type: BriefReport#: 134164Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Heitmann,Soren ;
Peterson,Zenobia Whitney Sharee ;
Kinzinger,Johannes Philipp
As Bangladesh’s flat terrain is crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, bridges play a critical part in the country’s road system. For every 4.5 km of roads in unions or upazilas, a bridge is needed to connect...
In this note we provide an assessment of the technical aspects of budget and discuss the implications of the medium-term fiscal framework. The budget document is technically sound and includes some significant...
Type: BriefReport#: 133789Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Sahibzada,Habiburahman ;
Haque,Tobias Akhtar
The Governance Insight gives you an idea about SMART Fiduciary and initiatives under development. It consistent with the Agile Bank Initiative, SMART Fiduciary, an undertaking of the Governance Global...
Type: BriefReport#: 133143Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Olowo-Okere,Edward ;
Wasike,Moses Sabuni
In this note, we look at trade data to answer a simple question: When did the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) really start? The BRI was officially announced in 2013 during President Xi Jinping's visits...
Type: BriefReport#: 133112Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Ruta,Michele
As a collectively large energy user, the public sector can set an example for efficiency improvements in other sectors. It can also stimulate EE markets, bring down costs for other energy users, lower...
Type: BriefReport#: 132945Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Singh,Jasneet
Regional free trade agreements (FTAs) have a sizable effect on exports and foster economic growth. While reducing tariffs in member countries, regional FTAs harmonize trade policy across regions and reduce...
The vast energy efficiency potential in industry remains largely untapped, impairing global efforts to mitigate climate change. With the right steps, energy savings by 2035 could rise to 668 million metric...
Type: BriefReport#: 132949Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Dobrotkova,Zuzana ;
Lukas,Aditya Alexander ;
Singh,Jasneet
Eighteen neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and malaria account together for 22 percent of the total burden of communicable diseases in 25 Francophone African countries (FPACs). The cumulative impact of...
International Finance Corporation (IFC) IFC is working to improve access to energy, transportation, and municipal and environmental infrastructure and support sustainable mining through investments and...
Type: BriefReport#: 192452Date: November 30, 2018Author:
World Bank
Despite progress over the last two decades, girls still have on average lower levels of educational attainment than boys in many African countries, especially at the secondary and tertiary levels. Girls...
Type: BriefReport#: 132201Date: November 19, 2018Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Male,Chata ;
Montenegro,Claudio E. ;
Nguyen,Hoa ;
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa
This brief contains eight FAQs about the ‘Promising Progress: A Diagnostic of Water Supply, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Poverty in Bangladesh’ report, a data-driven exercise that assessed the population’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 179405Date: November 14, 2018Author:
World Bank
This story highlights an outcome of infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing economies. PitchIT Caribbean is a World Bank-sponsored...
This story highlights an outcome of infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing economies. This piece was originally published on July...
This story highlights an outcome of infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing economies. Since its launch in 2015, Sendy has quickly...
This story highlights an outcome of infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing economies. A pan-African pilot program, XL Africa’s...
This story highlights an outcome of infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing economies. Family farmers of Santa Catarina, a mountainous...
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