This brief presents: Ghana snapshot; existing national plans and policies to achieve universal health coverage (UHC); key challenges on the way to UHC; and collaborative efforts to accelerate progress...
This brief presents: Haiti snapshot; existing national plans and policies to achieve universal health coverage (UHC); key challenges on the way to UHC; and collaborative efforts to accelerate progress...
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes the right of people with disabilities to education, while Goal 4 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) commits...
The World Bank Group is preparing its Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the Republic of Belarus for the fiscal period 2018-22. During preparation period of the CPF, the Group holds a series of consultations...
Type: BriefReport#: 179717Date: November 13, 2017Author:
World Bank
On October 10, 2017, the National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) devalued the Birr by 15 percent as pressures on the foreign exchange intensified. According to the Government, the devaluation was undertaken to...
In its crucial role, transport fosters development as it connects people to goods, services, social, and economic opportunities. But today’s data shows social exclusion linked to accessibility gaps in...
Type: BriefReport#: 130009Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Vandycke,Nancy L. ;
Kauppila,Jari
In 1918, Azerbaijan granted women equal political rights with men. Almost a century later and with legislation passed to prevent domestic violence and address gender-based discrimination, gender equality...
Type: BriefReport#: 121929Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Kaufman,Damir ;
Melis,Eva Maria ;
Mukherjee,Amit ;
Michel Casulleras,Christian Otto
The World Bank manages its internal operations to safeguard the wellbeing of staff as well as the ecosystems, communities, and economies in which we work. We are adopting the principles listed to better...
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic Note contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s economy grew 5.1 percent yoy in Q3 2017, slightly faster than in Q2 (5.0 percent); gross fixed capital formation...
Robust weather services save lives, reduce impacts from disasters, and promote sustainable economic growth. Global facility for disaster reduction and recovery (GFDRR) is working to improve the ability...
Type: BriefReport#: 121904Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Tsirkunov,Vladimir V.
Financial consumers often fail to compare across different products and do not choose the most cost-effective product or the one most suitable to their needs. This is because the decision of which product...
Type: BriefReport#: 121110Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Gine,Xavier ;
Mazer,Rafael Keenan
GFDRR supports governments in designing financial protection strategies and instruments to respond to natural disasters. The Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance Program (DRFIP) leads the dialogue on...
Type: BriefReport#: 121909Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Mahul,Olivier
Public credit guarantees have become a popular instrument to try to expand lending to financially constrained firms. In many instances, these schemes have proven useful to increase access to finance. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 121486Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Abraham,Facundo ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
The agricultural estates in Malawi (1.5 million hectares), mostly held by domestic commercial farmers, are underperforming. Data from three sources (digitized agricultural leases, a georeferenced farm...
Type: BriefReport#: 122473Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Xia,Fang
GFDRR’s Resilient Recovery program is involved in every major disaster, helping affected countries assess damage as well as economic losses and needs, plan for recovery, and be better prepared to respond...
Type: BriefReport#: 121911Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Leitmann,Josef Lloyd
Many countries today face severe political instability or are struggling to emerge from years of conflict. These conflicts threaten to destroy once vibrant businesses, sending more people into poverty....
Type: BriefReport#: 178265Date: November 1, 2017Author:
World Bank
This note examines job multiplier effects to help guide policy makers in the design of future incentive schemes targeted at boosting employment by using a methodology from Moretti (2010) and Moretti and...
In 2015, the world embraced the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030, and agreed on a framework of targets and indicators for tracking progress across multiple economic sectors. Because of...
Type: BriefReport#: 130012Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Alam,Muneeza Mehmood ;
Powell,Julie
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...
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