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
The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) have a mandate to accelerate climate action. Not only does CIF invest directly in projects, it seeks to measure, evaluate, and refine their impact. CIF is using impact...
A study in Nicaragua shows that interactions with female leaders facilitated raising aspirations for families, which in turn led to better outcomes for children.
Bangladesh has maintained an impressive track record on growth and development. However, even with a growing economy there is still widespread poverty and underemployment motivating many Bangladeshis to...
Denmark consists of the Jutland peninsula and more than 400 islands, which represents more than 7300 km of coastline. The Western coast of Jutland faces the North Sea and is made up of sandy beaches in...
There is widespread agreement that education delivers skills that underpin students' future learning and lead to greater social and financial mobility, increasing one's income, and ultimately affecting...
The World Bank Group (WBG) is engaged in a crucial effort to redefine our approach to development finance, address the rising aspirations of the poor, and achieve our goals of ending extreme poverty and...
The results in education for all children (REACH) trust fund at the World Bank funded an evaluation that assessed the early impact of a performance-based school grants program on student learning in Indonesia....
Holistic institutional frameworks are needed to assist people with adapting to environmental change, either in-place or by providing mobility options. Such frameworks also need to help those who become...
Type: BriefReport#: 193097Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Bergmann, Jonas ;
Martin, Susan F.
Recent firm-level survey data collected by the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys (ES) shows that about a quarter of all Malaysian firms have a female top manager. Female top managers are more likely to be...
Type: BriefReport#: 138328Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Amin,Mohammad ;
Mayoral,Amanda
Economic theory has long suggested the use of monetary incentives to motivate workers. In practice, however, public bureaucracies and nonprofit organizations are driven by a broader mission that often...
Many technologies are now widely used by humanitarian and development partners to collect data, improve planning and project implementation, and strengthen monitoring and evaluation in fragile and conflict-affected...
Type: BriefReport#: 130130Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Garber,Kent David ;
Carrette,Sheila Johanna
Mozambique is a severely climate vulnerable country ranking as the third African country most exposed to multiple weather-related hazards. An ongoing impact evaluation of African Development Bank’s (AfDB)...
This document provides additional information on the data collected in Armenia between December 2019 and August 2020. The objective of the enterprise survey (ES) is to gain an understanding of what firms...
Governments, academics, civil-society organizations, and development partners recognize that high-quality data will be critical for achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs). In low- and middle-income...
This brief focuses on the textile and apparel market in Bangladesh for the year 2017. Bangladesh’s textile and apparel industries are vital to its economy generating gross domestic product (GDP) and over...
This brief provides an overview and status update on the World Bank Group and its partners’ reconstruction efforts in Nepal after the 2015 earthquakes. The World Bank Group has offered up to half-a-billion...
Type: BriefReport#: 179404Date: December 28, 2017Author:
World Bank
Smoking is a leading global cause of preventable disease and death. Smoking causes more deaths each year than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. Higher taxes on tobacco products reduce tobacco...
Bangladesh has made remarkable gains in education over the past few decades. It is nearing universal access to primary education and socioeconomic disparities in enrolment rates are falling. Despite significant...
On December 4 and 5, 2017, the World Bank’s Youth Summit brought innovative thinkers between the ages of 18 and 35 to meet with World Bank experts to discuss the impact of technology on development. In...
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