For Government of Odisha (GoO), providing reliable basic services such as street lighting to its people is a priority. In many cities in the state of Odisha, street lighting, especially in the small streets...
Each year, natural disasters have devastating effects on children’s education in developing countries. The experience of Japan in bringing its schools to earthquake-resistant standard offers key lessons...
Pre-existing levels of vulnerability and resilience in households and communities are important factors in explaining the determinants and outcomes of human mobility in the context of environmental change....
Type: BriefReport#: 193108Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Martin, Susan F. ;
Bergmann, Jonas
Business training programs are popular policy tools to foster growth among small entrepreneurs, yet their causal impacts are often weak, and the mechanisms by which such trainings can succeed to improve...
Type: BriefReport#: 112949Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Anderson-Macdonald,Stephen Joseph ;
Chandy, Rajesh ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain
The role of private enterprise in healthcare is to complement and support improvements to public healthcare, not to supplant it. Private providers are the primary source of care for the world’s poorest...
Type: BriefReport#: 112691Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Walton, Tom ;
Matthees,Kevin
Aiming to provide greater access to improved healthcare facilities to its population,the Municipality of Belo Horizonte decided to partner with a private sector firm tobuild and remodel some of the city’s...
Financial literacy - the ability to make informed decisions regarding money - plays a critical role in ensuring both the well-being of households and the stability of the financial system. Consequently,...
Type: BriefReport#: 112655Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Carpena,Fenella ;
Cole,Shawn Allen ;
Shapiro,Jeremy ;
Zia,Bilal Husnain
The World Bank’s Pacific Aviation Investment Program (PAIP) is bringing state-of-the-art air traffic management and satellite-based ground communications to airports and small aircraft operators in seven...
Type: BriefReport#: 113199Date: February 1, 2017Author:
De Serio,Christopher J. ;
Giovannitti,Aldo
Albania’s authorized economic operators (AEO) program is not yet operational, even though the country has adopted the necessary European Union (EU) legal and regulatory frameworks. This smart lesson outlines...
Jamaica is taking steps to strengthen its trade environment as a way to improve the ease and ways of doing business and stimulate growth. In February 2015, Jamaica formed its National Committee on Trade...
Type: BriefReport#: 113174Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Tomlinson,Kanika Y. ;
Webster,Douglas
Turkey’s economy shrank in third quarter amid temporary political turmoil and falling tourism revenues. The contractions on the expenditure side were mirrored by declines on the production side. We revise...
Type: BriefReport#: 112969Date: February 1, 2017Author:
De Rosa,Donato ;
Yilmaz,Ayberk ;
Yasar,Pinar
Today, Africa is on the cusp of a structural economic transformation. With its large pool of human and natural resources, it has been one of the fastest growing regions of the world despite the recent...
The Republic of Sudan’s seaports used to be known for congestion resulting from the slow processing of imported goods. In response, the government created an ad hoc National Committee on trade facilitation...
Type: BriefReport#: 113165Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Adam, Ali Giddo
One of the most challenging experiences for businesses involved in cross bordertrade along Kenya’s border points is the clearance of imports and exports. Until 2015, the process of clearing cargo was largely...
Type: BriefReport#: 113166Date: February 1, 2017Author:
Sichilima,Mupelwa ;
Gikonyo, Aknyi
Most business leaders in Malawi see the Malawi Trade Portal (MTP) as a step forward in the provision of public information via online platforms and the promotion of transparency in the delivery of public...
Zambia continued to face slower growth in 2016. Tough global conditions have combined with domestic challenges including power outages and tight liquidity. The forthcoming National development plan should...
A landlocked West African country with most of its land in the desert, Mali is sparsely populated, and has a highly undiversified economy. As such, it is vulnerable to commodity price fluctuations and...
The salinity of river water and soil in Bangladesh’s low-lying southwest coastal region is increasing over time, and will aggravate further with sea-level rise in a changing climate. The increase in salinity...
This brief focuses on a World Bank study that examines a range of factors affecting South Asia’s competitiveness in the automotive sector. The study appears in a new report, “South Asia’s Turn: Policies...
Type: BriefReport#: 178818Date: January 4, 2017Author:
World Bank
After heavy flooding in May 2014, which affected more than 25 percent of the nation’s population, the Governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina launched a Recovery Needs Assessment (RNA), with support from...
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