Villagers with no previous means of livelihood are being given an opportunity to earn a living through loans from local village associations, allowing them to invest in income-generating activities. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 179350Date: December 7, 2016Author:
World Bank
In Mozambique, agriculture accounts for approximately 32 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) and involves over 81 percent of the population. Yet, only a fraction of Mozambique’s potentially arable...
Burkina Faso’s economy is heavily reliant on agricultural production, with close to 80 percent of the active population employed in the sector. Cotton is the country’s most important cash crop. Against...
The Moving Up the Ladder blog series aims to discuss the trends and drivers of living standards changes in Nepal in the last two decades and identify key challenges that lie ahead in improving the economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 179130Date: December 5, 2016Author:
World Bank
This brief focuses on one of the most important infrastructure projects in Ecuador’s history, the Quito Subway Project. It is expected to create more than 5,000 direct and 15,000 indirect jobs, giving...
Type: BriefReport#: 179538Date: December 5, 2016Author:
World Bank
This brief highlights findings from CGAP’s annual cross-border funder survey. The 2016 survey reports funding commitments from the largest international funders of financial inclusion, as of 31 December...
Type: BriefReport#: 119213Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Soursourian,Matthew Jacob Klein ;
Dashi,Edlira ;
Dokle, Eda
This graduation approach focuses on helping the poorest and most vulnerable households develop sustainable livelihoods, increase incomes, and move out of extreme poverty. It consists of a carefully sequenced,...
Type: BriefReport#: 119209Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Hashemi,Syed Mesbahuddin ;
Montesquiou,Aude de ;
Mckee,Katharine
This knowledge notes based on Egypt’s Youth who are not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET) are studied in this note, presenting the first in-depth analysis of Egypt's NEET youth, including demographic...
Type: BriefReport#: 111174Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Dietrich,Paula Tabea Milena ;
Elshawarby,Amr Mohamed Elsayed Abdelraouf ;
Lechtenfeld,Tobias Andreas
The study was nested within a larger randomized controlled trial with funding from the World Bank’s South Asia Food and Nutrition Security Initiative (SAFANSI), measuring the benefits of water quality,...
In 2015, the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC) conducted a border-crossing time-release study (TRS) at three points on the Belarus border. The joint team customized a standard survey...
In Pakistan, researchers sought to measure the impact of providing families with information about their child’s test scores and about the test scores in the other schools of the village. The evaluation...
Type: BriefReport#: 110997Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Burke,Laura Erin ;
Marcus,Aliza
This brief contains information about the Country Mali. PG activities in Mali started in 2010 based on a funding from AECF (Africa Enterprise Challenge Fund) and ILO(Microinsurance Innovation Facility)....
The international market for green bonds and securities that raise capital for specific climate or environmental sustainability purposes has experienced tremendous growth and could reach an annual market...
Type: BriefReport#: 110881Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Rosembuj,Flavia ;
Bottio,Sebastiano
This knowledge brief presents the costs of scaling up key effective nutrition interventions in Kenya and compares different scale-up scenarios to determine which one produces the best results for the lowest...
Type: BriefReport#: 113242Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Eberwein, Julia Dayton ;
Kakietek,Jakub Jan ;
De Beni,Davide ;
Moloney, Grainne ;
Pereira,Audrey Leslie ;
Akuoku,Jonathan Kweku ;
Volege, Marjorie ;
Matu, Sicily ;
Shekar,Meera
Indonesia’s biodiversity and cultural diversity are among what make it unique among the nations of the world. Out of more than one thousand government identified ethnic groups, roughly two hundred and...
New, comprehensive analysis of data on the current routing of goods in India have positioned the country to break through its freight transport gridlocks and logistics inefficiencies. With a growth rate...
Type: BriefReport#: 113930Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Aritua,Bernard
The transition to cloud computing broadly means shifting programs and data from personal or office hardware to shared hardware that many individuals and organizations access over the Internet. That migration...
Type: BriefReport#: 111614Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Melhem,Samia ;
Kim,Seunghyun
Infrastructure is the backbone of every economy. It delivers basic services critical to sustainable economic growth, improved living standards, and shared prosperity. The traditional role of financing...
Type: BriefReport#: 113497Date: December 1, 2016Author:
Grishin,Vadim Nikolaevich ;
Walton, Tom
Climate change presents risks and opportunities for the financial sector in both emerging and advanced economies. Financial institutions cannot afford to be outside of the transition path to low-carbon...
Connection to schools, markets and health facilities helps a nation to prosper and improve the quality of people’s lives. In Bangladesh, extreme seasonal weather such as floods, cyclones and droughts as...
Type: BriefReport#: 178816Date: November 22, 2016Author:
World Bank
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