A growing number of developing countries are investing in social safety nets to improve the lives and livelihoods of billions of poor and vulnerable people, yet around 55 percent of the world's poor or...
Type: BriefReport#: 119708Date: September 13, 2017
One of the most noticeable and important developments of the advance of free trade over the last half century has been the emergence of global value chains. These production and supply networks cross multiple...
Type: BriefReport#: 120260Date: September 1, 2017Author:
Niforos, Marina
The first 1,000 days of a child's life are critical to healthy development. In poor countries, governments and international development groups are trying to design programs to give families, particularly...
A great number of clean energy, water supply, and climate-smart agriculture business models are emerging to address climate challenges in developing countries. While encouraging, many of these businesses...
Type: BriefReport#: 119909Date: September 1, 2017Author:
Lee,Jin Sook
Expounding on data gaps in the current Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators, this note proposes concrete changes to improve water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) statistics in Mozambique....
The Disaster Risk Finance and Insurance Program (DRFIP), through its Disaster Risk Financing Analytics (DRF Analytics) function, aims to strengthen the financial management of climate and disaster shocks...
The Lao People's Democratic Republic, has scored a remarkable achievement. In just over twodecades, from 1995 to 2017, it managed to increase national access to electricity from 16 percent to more than...
Malagasy customs introduced performance-based payfor customs inspectors in Madagascar’s main port of Toamasina, incentivizing them to curb tax evasion andillicit financial flows, and expedite customs clearance....
Type: BriefReport#: 119867Date: September 1, 2017Author:
Raballand,Gael J. R. F. ;
Chalendard,Cyril Romain ;
Fernandes,Ana Margarida ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Rijkers,Bob
Poverty remains a predominantly rural problem, with a majority of the world's poor located in rural areas and engaged in agricultural practices. Agriculture is a risky business, and a large shock can be...
This brief summarizes a report that seeks to assist the Governments of Botswana, Lesotho, and Zambia to more effectively develop job ready secondary education graduates, who are better placed to increase...
This brief summarizes a report that seeks to assist the Governments of Botswana, Lesotho, and Zambia to more effectively develop job ready secondary education graduates, who are better placed to increase...
This brief summarizes a report that seeks to assist the Governments of Botswana, Lesotho, and Zambia to more effectively develop job ready secondary education graduates, who are better placed to increase...
Meeting the requirements of the Paris Agreement to keep the global average temperature from rising more than 2ºC above pre-industrial levels will mean vastly expanded use of low-carbon sources of electricity,...
Type: BriefReport#: 119866Date: September 1, 2017Author:
Hund,Kirsten Lori ;
Arrobas,Daniele La Porta ;
Drexhage,John Richard
In most African countries, land access continues to be governed by customary tenure systems. These have long been argued to provide high levels of tenure security and flexibility at a cost well below that...
Type: BriefReport#: 122472Date: September 1, 2017Author:
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Xia,Fang ;
Holden,Stein Terje
This brief highlights recent analyses from the Tanzania WASH Poverty Diagnostic (TWPD) on trends in undernutrition over the years and among income groups. The analysis also identifies key drivers of high...
Type: BriefReport#: 120327Date: September 1, 2017Author:
Joseph,George ;
Haque,Sabrina Sharmin ;
Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi ;
Vinha, Katia ;
Gething,Peter William ;
Newman,John Lincoln ;
Larenas Gonzalez,Maria Isabel
As the range and scope of data-related initiatives expand, funders in financial inclusion increasingly need a clear strategy and framework for reviewing the merits of the project proposals they receive....
Type: BriefReport#: 122087Date: September 1, 2017Author:
Nielsen,Karina Broens
The Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) is a flagship program designed to support countries in systematically examining and strengthening the performance of their education systems. Part...
The Multi-Sector Investment Opportunities Analysis (MSIOA) is part of a systematic strategyby the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) to assist the memberstates in achieving socially...
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic Note contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s economy grew 5.0 percent yoy for the second consecutive quarter – slightly below market expectations of 5.1...
A digital transformation is taking place in the financial services industry, with a host of non-bank innovators offering both customer facing and back office financial technology products and services....
Type: BriefReport#: 118736Date: August 1, 2017Author:
Saal,Matthew ;
Starnes,Susan K. ;
Rehermann,Thomas
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