Bangladesh has made remarkable gains in education over the past few decades. It is nearing universal access to primary education and socioeconomic disparities in enrolment rates are falling. Despite significant...
On December 4 and 5, 2017, the World Bank’s Youth Summit brought innovative thinkers between the ages of 18 and 35 to meet with World Bank experts to discuss the impact of technology on development. In...
The World Bank is often called on by governments to assist them with the process of reforming their performance management systems and measurement approaches. Drawing on practical experience from World...
Type: BriefReport#: 122042Date: December 12, 2017Author:
Hartmann, Johannes Till ;
Zoratto, Laura De Castro
Mozambique has progressive legislation for participatory planning and management of land, forests and wildlife. The 1997 Policy and Strategy for the Development of Forests and Wildlife stipulates the devolution...
Type: BriefReport#: 123673Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Lim, Jialing Celine ;
Mausse Consul, Arnela Da Celma Constantino ;
Mwaniki, Robert Mwehe ;
Rodrigues de Aquino, Andre
As one of the four global goals framing sustainable mobility in the Global Mobility Report (GMR),universal access in urban areas is the ability for people to reach the destinations necessary to lead productive...
Type: BriefReport#: 130016Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Mason, Jacob ;
Steriu, Mircea ;
Turner, Philip
The brief draws from the World Bank report, Managing Transition: Reaching the Vulnerable while Pursuing UHC in Lao PDR (World Bank, 2017b) which includes an in-depth assessment of the immunization program....
There is growing worldwide consumer demand for digital financial services (DFS), and the clients of microfinance institutions (MFI) in emerging markets are no exception. For most MFIs, DFS is a completely...
Type: BriefReport#: 128209Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Lonie, Susie
This brief highlights analysis from the Tanzania WASH Poverty Diagnostic (TWPD), particularly examining the slow progress in the rural water sector. The analysis observes trends by region and population...
Most countries have ambitious infrastructure development plans that include large pipelines of potential projects. But they also face fiscal constraints and therefore need to be selective. This brief provides...
Safety is one of four global goals identified in the Global Mobility Report (GMR)—along with universal access, efficiency, and green mobility. The safety goal is aimed at curbing the human pain, suffering,...
Type: BriefReport#: 130017Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Gomez, Hilda ;
Job, Raymond Franklin Soames
This note shows how big data can help combine experimental with non-experimental approaches in impact evaluations when take-up is low. In this study, author have access to a large administrative data set...
Type: BriefReport#: 121894Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Lara Ibarra, Gabriel ;
McKenzie, David J. ;
Ruiz Ortega, Claudia
Efficiency is one of the four global goals framing sustainable mobility in the Global Mobility Report (GMR). The GMR posits that efficiency is crucial to ensure that transport demand is met effectively...
As one of the four global goals framing sustainable mobility in the Global Mobility Report (GMR), green mobility aims to reduce both air and noise pollution from transport, and to address climate change...
Type: BriefReport#: 130015Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Dalkmann, Holger ;
Fischer, Alyssa ;
Peet, Karl
The 2017 edition of CGAP’s annual Cross-Border Funder Survey reports funding commitments from the 23 largest international funders of financial inclusion, representing 80 percent of the full set of over...
Type: BriefReport#: 129149Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Dashi, Edlira ;
Tomilova, Olga
Chinese information technology conglomerates Alibaba and Tencent own or operate dozens of competing online businesses, and yet, their affiliate mobile wallets stand out for how they have fundamentally...
Type: BriefReport#: 129152Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Aveni, Tyler Jackson ;
Roest, Joep
This note provides an analysis of gaps in educational opportunities for children with disabilities. It also measures the impact at the margin of exclusion related to various typesof disabilities on education...
Type: BriefReport#: 121762Date: December 1, 2017Author:
Male, Chata ;
Wodon, Quentin T.
This brief presents: Kenya’s 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 covers the following topics : Viet Nam’s snapshot; Existing national plans and policies to achieve UHC; Key challenges on the way to UHC; Collaborative efforts to accelerate progress toward...
This brief presents: Myanmar’s 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: Cambodia 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...
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