This report of Indonesia daily economic update for June 8, 2018 contains economic highlights for: foreign exchange reserves at the end of May; and according to the Bank Indonesia’s retail sales survey,...
This report of Indonesia daily economic update for June 7, 2018 contains economic highlights for: the government has decided to establish the national single window body (LNSW) to boost international trade...
This report of Indonesia daily economic update for June 6, 2018 contains economic highlights for: Bank Indonesia (BI) reported that the consumer confidence index rose from 122.2 in April 2018 to 125.1...
Optima helps HIV decision-makers and planners determine an optimal distribution of investments to best serve their country`s need by analyzing epidemic, program, and cost data.
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for June 5, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resource and Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises...
This brief focuses on the preparation of its new country framework to strengthen its partnership with Papua New Guinea. The Country Partnership Framework is a strategic document that sets priority areas...
Type: BriefReport#: 178188Date: June 5, 2018Author:
World Bank
This issue of Indonesia Daily Economic Update for June 4, 2018 contains economic highlights, including: Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded a year-on-year inflation of 3.2 percent in May 2018, lower...
Greater access to high quality and relevant technical training opportunities is essential to reap the benefits of a growing youthful population and modern technologies. With a bulging youth population...
Innovation in technology, business models, and associated financial mechanisms holds tremendous potential to address climate change in fields such as clean energy, water, and agriculture. However, measuring...
Type: BriefReport#: 127697Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Zheng,Xue ;
Eldozdar,Yehia Khedr ;
Craig,Sarah Anne Nelms
Created in Peru in 2008, Works for Taxes is an innovative approach to accelerating infrastructureinvestment. It allows private firms to “pay” their income taxes in advance through the execution ofpublic...
Type: BriefReport#: 128849Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Del Carpio Ponce,Paola Elvira
In Bangladesh, a blended finance approach has been used to extend access to off-grid electricityfor rural low-income households. An output-based aid (OBA) grant in combination with microcreditfrom local...
Type: BriefReport#: 139621Date: June 1, 2018Author:
GPRBA
In this Knowledge Brief, authors discuss ways in which youth employment programs can apply the social enterprise approach in their operations. This is the first in a series of two Solutions for Youth Employment...
Type: BriefReport#: 146610Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Romero, Jose Manuel ;
Hockenstein, Jeremy
Every year, the World Bank spends millions of dollars on development projects in its member countries. But do these investments reach the poor? This note presents a spatial approach to examine the poverty...
Type: BriefReport#: 126924Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Nguyen,Nga Thi Viet ;
Hoogeveen,Johannes G.
At the time of the 2010 Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES), the incidence of poverty in Vanuatu was measured at 39.5 percent and 13.2 percent, using the lower middle income class poverty line...
Green Small and Growing Businesses (SGBs) in South Africa often struggle to take full advantage of local market opportunities and lack the global assets required to succeed in competitive and fast-growing...
As environmental challenges mount in Kenya, including in the plastics waste sector, a growing number of companies are seeking business opportunities in green sectors. Business-to-business partnerships,...
Much of Liberia’s infrastructure to generate, transmit, and distribute electric power was destroyed during 15 years of civil conflict. At the time the project was being prepared in 2009, most of the population...
Over the past decade, financial services for the poor have undergone a dramatic transformation. For years, financial institutions like banks and microfinance institutions (MFIs) struggled to sustainably...
Type: BriefReport#: 129139Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Mattern,Max William ;
Mckay,Claudia Vonderohe
In many parts of the world, a combination of social norms and lack of adequate sanitation facilities leaves people with little choice but to defecate in the open. In India, back in 2015, open defecation...
In 2015, Peru embarked on reforms to attract more commercial financing for its public-private partnership (PPPs) while reducing the need for government guarantees to cover projects’ commercial risk. With...
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