Customized Energy Solutions (CES) for the World Bank. It is analyzed that the South African battery storage market can be expected to grow from 270 MWh in 2020 to 9,700 MWh in 2030 under the base-case...
Type: ReportReport#: 180098Date: November 22, 2023Author:
World Bank
This year holds special significance as the midpoint in implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With each step closer to the end of the SDG implementation window, efforts to measure...
Almost two-thirds of emerging market and developing economies rely heavily on resource sectors for economic activity, fiscal and export revenues. In these economies, economic planning requires sound baseline...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10611Date: November 21, 2023Author:
Arroyo Marioli, Francisco ;
Khadan, Jeetendra ;
Ohnsorge, Franziska Lieselotte ;
Yamazaki, Takefumi
On November 21, 2023, the World Bank Group and CARE International Malawi held a hybrid consultation on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030 with representatives from government and civil...
Type: BriefReport#: 192210Date: November 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
This Short Note is the first in a series based on the report “Working without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work” aimed at sparking discussions among policymakers and practitioners regarding...
This Short Note is part of a series based on the report “Working without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work” that aims to promote discussion among policymakers and practitioners on opportunities...
Quantifying the jobs impacts of development interventions is a challenge, largely because much of the impact is indirect. Yet, given the tremendous jobs challenges in developing countries, these impacts...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 185917Date: November 21, 2023Author:
Jose Manuel Romero ;
Osborne, Theresa Kay
To raise awareness about the limited quality of education, the World Bank and the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) has introduced the concept of “learning poverty,” defined as being unable to read...
Type: ReportReport#: 185943Date: November 21, 2023Author:
Cahu, Paul Marie Michel ;
Sondergaard, Lars M.
This paper examines the effect of exposure to extremist ideologies in the home country on the subsequent integration of refugees in host countries. For this purpose, it combines a rich census of Afghan...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10612Date: November 21, 2023Author:
Bossavie, Laurent Loic Yves ;
Florez, Maria Jose Urbina ;
Rozo, Sandra
This Short Note is part of a series based on the report “Working without Borders: The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work” that aims to promote discussion among policymakers and practitioners on opportunities...
IFC is engaging in early-stage and pre-investment activities to originate and scale up investment opportunities in charging infrastructure in emerging markets. In addition to providing advice to governments...
Type: BriefReport#: 185938Date: November 21, 2023Author:
Lazaro Aranda, Indo Jesus ;
Pruna, Madalina ;
Pulido, Daniel
Achieving inclusive growth and maximizing poverty reduction in the Dominican Republic requires closing existing gender gaps: from early childhood to working age, and further still into old age. Using a...
Type: ReportReport#: 185944Date: November 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
These Summary Proceedings outline the work of the Annual Meetings and the final
decisions taken by the Boards of Governors. Texts of statements by Governors submitted during the time of the Annual Meetings...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 185949Date: November 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Reliable microeconomic data to understand the climate-migration nexus are virtually nonexistent. Nationally representative multitopic household surveys are rarely, if ever, explicitly designed for studying...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10613Date: November 21, 2023Author:
Carletto, Calogero ;
Letta, Marco ;
Montalbano, Pierluigi ;
Paolantonio, Adriana ;
Zezza, Alberto
Corruption poses a significant threat to development and has a disproportionate impact on the poor and most vulnerable. Government agencies struggle to identify fraud and corruption in public expenditures....
Type: ReportReport#: 185691Date: November 21, 2023Author:
Braem Velasco, Rafael Antonio ;
Fazekas, Mihály ;
Ortega Nieto, Daniel ;
Tóth, Bence ;
Vaz Mondo, Bianca
As a small island developing state (SIDS), Cabo Verde is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. As a SIDS, Cabo Verde is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change. Climate change...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 186430Date: November 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the overall impact of exports while accounting for supply chain linkages on local labor market outcomes in the Arab Republic of Egypt between 2007 and 2018. The paper assesses the effects...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10614Date: November 21, 2023Author:
Bezerra De Goes, Carlos Andre ;
Kokas, Deeksha ;
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys C. ;
Tillan, Pablo Antonio
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.
