Kenya’s economy has been growing solidly but maintaining and increasing growth will depend on increasing private investment and productivity. Between 2010 and 2019, Kenya maintained a steady annual growth...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 183345Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Although the hydrocarbon-fueled growth model has delivered substantial gains, Azerbaijan today acknowledges both its constraints and the opportunities arising from the clean energy transition. Azerbaijan’s...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 186043Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
Monitoring poverty reduction requires frequent microdata on household welfare that can be compared over time. Such data are unavailable in many countries, given limited statistical capacity, shocks that...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 192811Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Lain, Jonathan William ;
Schoch, Marta ;
Vishwanath, Tara
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...
The 23rd issue of the SARRE Newsletter emphasizes the importance of transboundary water cooperation in South Asia, which is home to a quarter of humanity. The region has over 20 main transboundary rivers,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 188155Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The MasterCard Foundation Grant is providing funding for the evaluation of the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) Learning Management System (LMS) to assess its impact on student learning and support...
Type: ReportReport#: 203258Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Chinen, Marjorie H ;
Mirembe, Drake Patrick ;
Osiru, Moses Omongin ;
Powers, Shawn
Convergence is the merging or coming together of separate elements. In the realm of social protection, this translates into the effective coordination and alignment of different humanitarian and development...
Type: BriefReport#: 186225Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Saidi, Mira ;
Santamaria Ruiz, Claudia
The GEF-funded, World Bank-led Global Wildlife Program (GWP) completed a global survey to understand the context behind increasing attention by governments to the issue of human-wildlife conflict (HWC)....
Type: BriefReport#: 185989Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Teach Secondary tool was designed to observe secondary classrooms. Teach Secondary has two components, one to measure the share of time that secondary teacher provides students with learning activities,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 185619Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Teach Secondary differs from other classroom observation tools in that it captures (i) the time teachers spend on learning, the extent to which students are on task, and whether students are actively participating...
Type: ReportReport#: 185620Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Aloys, Jenny Beth ;
Arenge, Gabrielle Paige ;
Avendano Nino, Estefania ;
Carolina Moreira Vásquez ;
Carter, Emma Jane ;
Francis, Gill Althia ;
Luna Bazaldua, Diego Armando ;
Molina, Ezequiel ;
Tsapali, Maria
The Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series focuses on topics linked to implementation of health taxes, or excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic drinks, and sugar-sweetened beverages. The purpose...
Type: ReportReport#: 185635Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report seeks to support the GoTL in its efforts to build an Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) system. It aims at enhancing knowledge and understanding of ASP and assessing the country’s current capacity...
Type: ReportReport#: 185807Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The lack of comparable urban definitions across countries has presented a significantchallenge in effectively addressing poverty in both urban and rural areas. This study aims to tackle this issue by comparing...
Type: ReportReport#: 185809Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Benjamin Stewart ;
Combes, Pierre Philippe ;
Moellerherm, Robin ;
Nakamura, Shohei ;
Robert, Charlotte Genevieve Julka ;
Roberts, Mark ;
Slava Yakubenko
This Technical Note provides an overview of possible financial sector vulnerabilities to climate and environmental risks, assesses the current supervisory response to those risks, explores green finance...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 189021Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Dunz, Nepomuk Max Ferdinand
This report has been delivered under the Reimbursable Advisory Services Agreement on Romania Mountain Area Development Support signed between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the International...
Type: ReportReport#: 188185Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
As Viet Nam's economy still faces headwinds, the authorities could consider extending the implementation of the economic support program (2022-2023) into next year to allow its planned investments to be...
Type: BriefReport#: 186479Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Panama has a large, internationally connected, and in some respects unique financial sector. It is an important regional banking hub hosting a large number of foreign banks and providing financial intermediation...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 189108Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Dominican Republic has made significant progress in boosting economic growth and reducing poverty, but it still faces challenges to achieve inclusive and equitable development, increase productivity,...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 186074Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
Pension systems and pension system reforms are some of the most contentious reforms that governments undertake globally. In addition, they, like civil service reform, are designed and elaborated by the...
Type: ReportReport#: 190947Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Kidd, Michael ;
Kisunko, Gregory ;
Schwarz, Anita M. ;
Zezulin, Lena
The MasterCard Foundation Grant is providing funding for the evaluation of the Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) Learning Management System (LMS) to assess its impact on student learning and support...
Type: ReportReport#: 203257Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Chinen, Marjorie H ;
Mirembe, Drake Patrick ;
Osiru, Moses Omongin ;
Powers, Shawn
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