Brazil faces crucial water resource challenges related to scarcity, pollution in urban conurbations that do not have adequate wastewater collection and treatment services and recurrent droughts and floods....
Belize is a small country (pop. 330,000) bordering Mexico and Guatemala. In recent years, poverty has increased due to a stagnating economy and the impact of frequent hurricanes and tropical storms. Climate...
Swaziland (population 1.2 million) has the highest prevalence of HIV in the world –it affects 26 percent of the sexually active population. Tuberculosis (TB) has become a major public health problem. The...
Morocco has made significant economic headway since the 1990s, averaging 4.9 percent of growth over 2001-2011. The unemployment rate declined from 12.3 percent in 2000 to 8.9 percent in 2011. Absolute...
China's energy-intensive manufacturing industries account for about 50 percent of their total energy consumption and operate at significantly higher levels of energy intensity than international best practices....
The health sector in Argentina is highly fragmented with several public and private providers and sources of financing. In addition to horizontal fragmentation, Argentina’s public health sector structure...
The Sustainable natural resources management project for Argentina aims to improve the sustainable and efficient management of forest resources. The project helps improve capacity and targets conservation...
Three remote towns at the foot of the Atlas mountains —Erfoud, Missour, and Zagora, are not served by Morocco’s main power stations located on the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. The population suffers...
Mexico's federal mortgage corporation, Sociedad Hipotecaria Federal (SHF), grants loans and guarantees to mortgage intermediaries in Mexico. SHF also plays a crucial role as market maker by providing liquidity...
Low enrollment and high dropout rates continue to be high, especially in grades 1 and 6. Limited access to quality secondary and post-secondary education is also a major challenge. (Two phased-projects)...
Despite strong economic growth over the past decade, the Gabon’s unemployment rate is 16 percent and female unemployment rate is 27 percent. Women are particularly affected in that they represent only...
Central China’s most significant inland waterway transport (IWT) network is in Jiangxi Province. This waterway channel, which relies on hydropower, provides cargo to major industries located in most of...
Jiaozuo, located in the northwest Henan Province (permanent population of 850,000), is recognized for its scenic and natural beauty. Its potential as a tourist destination and general economic prospects...
Panama's rural poor and indigenous communities experience much worse health outcomes than the rest of the population. For example, mortality rates for children under five years old can be as have reached...
Raising livestock provides ultra-poor rural families an opportunity to earn a livelihood and become entrepreneurs. The Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) program which is part of the Afghanistan Access to...
Type: BriefReport#: 178819Date: August 22, 2016Author:
World Bank
Afghanistan’s economy is experiencing the most sustained period of slow growth since it emerged from the conflict in 2002. This brief summarizes the October 2016 edition of the Afghanistan Development...
Type: BriefReport#: 178919Date: August 22, 2016Author:
World Bank
This brief focuses on the study “Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation: A Global Survey”, by ESMAP, a global fund administered by the World Bank to assist countries...
Type: BriefReport#: 179540Date: August 16, 2016Author:
World Bank
Residents of a cluster of rural communities in Kandahar Province are seeing tangible benefits from the construction of an all-weather road linking their villages to the provincial capital. The road is...
Type: BriefReport#: 178924Date: August 10, 2016Author:
World Bank
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic Note contains economic highlights, including: In Q2 2016, GDP grew at 5.2 percent yoy, up from 4.9 percent in the first quarter. This compares with our internal June...
The State of Jharkhand is one of the poorer states in India and home to 30 million people. The public health infrastructure in the state, which serves the majority of the population, faces severe capacity...
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