In this Knowledge Brief, authors highlight the challenge transport costs (TCs) present towards youth getting a job and some potential solutions to overcome this challenge. We also share an in-depth example...
Type: BriefReport#: 146608Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Romero, Jose Manuel ;
Urquhart, Rob
The electricity sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is in the grip of an apparent paradox. Although the region is home to the world's largest oil and gas reserves and has been able to maintain...
Type: BriefReport#: 122842Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Camos Daurella,Daniel ;
Estache,Antonio ;
Bacon,Robert W. ;
Mahgoub Hamid,Mohamad Ibrahim Mahmoud
Agriculture is central to emerging market economies. In Africa it accounts for as much as 65 percent of employment and 32 percent of output. Globally, two-thirds of the world’s poor - some 750 million...
Type: BriefReport#: 124214Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Walton,Tom ;
Grishin,Vadim Nikolaevich
The coastal zone of Ghana is home to more than a quarter of the country’s population, and contributes as much as 80 percent of the country’s annual capture fish production. Coastal erosion and flooding...
Quantifying the direction and magnitude of spillovers for small holders is an essential part of the policy dialogue surrounding large-scale agricultural investment. We use intertemporal variation in smallholders’...
Type: BriefReport#: 122901Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Ali,Daniel Ayalew ;
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Harris,Anthony M.
Climate change is emerging as a potent driver of internal migration. In Latin America, internal climate migrants can number over 17 million, representing up to 2.6 percent of the region’s total population....
The main sources of income in Demak, Indonesia, were traditionally based on rice cultivation and productive mangrove fisheries. In the 1960s, Demak’s economy was based mainly on dry land crops, coconut,...
The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) requested a Drought Impact and Needs Assessment (DINA) and subsequent Resilience and Recovery Framework (RRF) in August 2017 to identify the root causes of recurrent...
Correspondent banking relationships connect banks and people across borders and are critical to finance and trade. They are a vital link between emerging markets and the broader global economy. Yet efforts...
Type: BriefReport#: 123079Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Volk,Ariane Tamara ;
Starnes,Susan K.
Agriculture is central to emerging market economies. In Africa it accounts for as much as 65 percent of employment and 32 percent of output. Globally, two-thirds of the world’s poor - some 750 million...
Type: BriefReport#: 124213Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Walton,Tom ;
Grishin,Vadim Nikolaevich
Enrollment in early childhood education has increased dramatically in Ghana, but the education sector now faces the challenge of ensuring young children learn and develop school readiness skills. This...
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic Note contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s economy expanded 5.2 percent yoy in Q4, faster than the 5.1 percent growth in Q3, bringing the 2017 annual...
Mental health challenges in fragile, conflict, and violence (FCV) situations are increasingly recognized by countries and international humanitarian and development agencies. This note highlights the best...
Type: BriefReport#: 129661Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Dong,Di
The importance of addressing gender-based violence (GBV) in fragile, conflict, and violence (FCV) situations is increasingly recognized by countries and international humanitarian and development agencies....
Type: BriefReport#: 130969Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Al Tuwaijri,Sameera Maziad ;
Saadat,Seemeen
The current account deficit (CAD) widened by 1.4 percentage points of gross domestic product (GDP) to United States dollars (USD) 9.1 billion in Q4, nudging the overall 2018 CAD to USD 31.1 billion, equivalent...
Punjab is Pakistan’s largest province and accounts for 52 percent of the country’s economic output. But, like Pakistan as a whole, Punjab fell short of meeting most Millennium Development Goals. In 2010,...
In 2015, the publish what you pay (PWYP) secretariat submitted a proposal to the World Bank to fund a project of capacity building for civil society actors in Papua New Guinea (PNG). PNG had been accepted...
Type: BriefReport#: 126019Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Barry,Mamadou
This report is part of the Fragile, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) health knowledge notes series that highlights operational tips to resolve health issues in FCV situations. In FCV situations, successful...
Type: BriefReport#: 130129Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Hasumi,Takahiro
Climate change is emerging as a potent driver of internal migration. In South Asia, internal climate migrants can number over 40 million, representing up to 1.8 percent of the region’s total population....
The global burden of disease has shifted from that of communicable to non-communicable diseases (NCD) in many countries. This note highlights the need for investment, as well as best practices in designing,...
Type: BriefReport#: 130968Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Carrette,Sheila Johanna ;
Dong,Di ;
Hasumi,Takahiro
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