Over the last decade African advances in technology, especially in the home-grown mobile banking sector, have shown how innovation can contribute to economic development across the continent. By understanding...
Type: BriefReport#: 109456Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Broadman, Harry G.
In the first half of 2016 growth strengthened to 2.75 percent thanks to exports growth, accelerating private consumption, and a rebound of investment. The labor market continued to improve, with unemployment...
In a region beset with major challenges, some remarkable progress has been achieved in the development and modernization of public procurement systems. Important procurement reform milestones were recently...
Type: BriefReport#: 108678Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Tayler, Yolanda
This knowledge note by William Price, Marlon Rawlins and Fiona Stewart shares useful lessons from FIRST-funded pension projects led by the Finance and Markets Global Practice at the World Bank Group, which...
Type: BriefReport#: 109086Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Price, William Joseph ;
Rawlins, Marlon Rolston ;
Stewart, Fiona Elizabeth
Private sector financing is essential to bridging the infrastructure gap between emerging markets and developed countries. Given the risk profiles of many of these projects, however, private investors...
Type: BriefReport#: 109470Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Audu, Ejura Phoebe ;
Benjamin, Matthew Kenneth ;
Shi, Lin
Severe storms, record heat waves, intense droughts, and floods—the impact of climate change rises every year and economic and financial losses rise with it. Insurance plays a major role in helping businesses...
Type: BriefReport#: 109458Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Miller, Alan ;
Swann, Stacy A.
New technologies help firms in emerging markets make significant gains. But these firms often face barriers to successfully incorporating new technologies into their businesses. Emerging-market leaders,...
Type: BriefReport#: 109464Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Hammah, Nana Esi Botsewa ;
Moelders, Florian ;
Rehermann, Thomas
Mobile telecommunications has many benefits, from linking communities and citizens to mobile applications that bring financial services to the unbanked and help farmers improve crop yields. Yet at one...
Type: BriefReport#: 109468Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Sepulveda, Edgardo
In the face of high and volatile fossil fuel prices the government of Jordan launched an aggressive national strategy to increase production of privately financed, commercial scale renewable energy. This...
Type: BriefReport#: 109467Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Pace, Jordan Townswick
Governments in advanced economies have historically helped spur commercial innovation, particularly as a result of spillovers from defense related research and development. In many emerging markets, however,...
Type: BriefReport#: 109457Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Broadman, Harry G.
Climate change doesn’t just threaten the environment, it poses risks to a country’s businesses and economy. Understanding these risks can be complex, yet there are a growing number of tools that can help...
Type: BriefReport#: 109459Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Miller, Alan ;
Swann, Stacy A.
At the request of the Philippines Social Security System (SSS), the World Bank prepared a report toanalyze key challenges and propose reform options to improve the sustainability and expand thecoverage...
Type: BriefReport#: 119394Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Bogomolova, Tatyana ;
Dorfman, Mark Charles
In fragile settings the challenges of building a business are increased by a legacy of conflict, instability, and loss. Institutions struggle to provide basic services, let alone the complex reforms and...
Type: BriefReport#: 109465Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Pace, Jordan Townswick
Cities, which are home to half of the world’s population, are on the front lines of climate change. Extreme temperatures, storms, and floods have a higher impact in crowded urban areas. And cities in emerging...
Type: BriefReport#: 109461Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Miller, Alan ;
Swann, Stacy A.
Insurance plays a vital role in protecting people, businesses, and public institutions against shocks, allowing them to transfer risks and purchase security. Insurers in advanced economies even act as...
Type: BriefReport#: 109460Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Swann, Stacy A.
Emerging markets are especially vulnerable to threats from climate change. Storms, droughts, and floods jeopardize the livelihoods of farmers, while extreme temperatures limit the ability of workers to...
Type: BriefReport#: 109462Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Miller, Alan ;
Swann, Stacy A.
This brief summarizes baseline results of the “Evaluation of South Africa’s National Adherence Guidelines for Chronic Diseases“. The evaluation represents the third phase of a series of analytical and...
The FIRST Lessons Learned Series is a collection of FIRST's technical and functional insights gained from FIRST funded engagements. This knowledge note shares useful lessons from FIRST-funded pension projects...
Type: BriefReport#: 108318Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Price, William Joseph ;
Rawlins, Marlon Rolston ;
Stewart, Fiona Elizabeth
Solar power is an increasingly affordable, quick-to-build solution for countries in need of additional electricity generation. Yet many emerging markets face challenges to developing photovoltaic projects,...
Type: BriefReport#: 109466Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Pace, Jordan Townswick
Increasing access to quality early childhood development and education (ECDE) is critical to achieve broader goals for education and development in Kenya. The country’s 2010 constitution declared free...
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