An Integrated Fiduciary Systems Assessment (IFSA) of the key selected implementing agencies has been carried out in accordance with Bank Policy and Directive for Program for Results (PforR) financing....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193335Date: October 10, 2023Author:
World Bank
The objective of this disaster risk financing (DRF) diagnostic is to assess Ethiopia’s financial preparedness to disasters and crises at the sovereign, firm, and household level. At the request of the...
Type: ReportReport#: 185145Date: October 10, 2023Author:
Abel, Simeon Joachim ;
Calcutt, Evie Isabel Neall ;
Pietrkiewicz, Michal Krzysztof ;
Rawlins, Marlon Rolston ;
Stutley, Charles
The services sector has been the main source of economic growth in recent decades, with logistics, finance and information technologies playing an essential role in the functioning of modern economies...
Type: ReportReport#: 185136Date: October 10, 2023Author:
World Bank ;
World Trade Organization (WTO)
This study assesses the distributional impacts of public expenditures and taxes on poverty and inequality in the Republic of Iraq. The analysis uses the Commitment to Equity methodology and is based on...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10588Date: October 10, 2023Author:
Amjad, Beenish ;
Cabrera, Maynor Vinicio ;
Phadera, Lokendra
Covid-19. The Russian invasion of Ukraine. Commodity price volatility. The rise of global inflation and interest rates. Currency depreciations among indebted middle-income economies. And now, natural disasters....
Type: ReportReport#: 185138Date: October 10, 2023Author:
Elmallakh, Nelly Youssef Louis William ;
Gatti, Roberta V. ;
Jessica Torres ;
Lederman, Daniel ;
Lotfi, Rana Mohamed Amr Mohamed Nabil ;
Silva, Joana C. G. ;
Suvanov, Ilias
The World Bank Finance and Technology Department, in collaboration with The World Bank Technology and Innovation Lab, partnered with Google Cloud and Syntasa Inc. to learn how artificial intelligence and...
Type: ReportReport#: 185135Date: October 9, 2023Author:
World Bank
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is expected to slow to 2.5 percent in 2023 from 3.6 percent in 2022. It is projected to increase to 3.7 percent in 2024 and 4.1 percent in 2025. However, in per capita terms,...
Type: ReportReport#: 185129Date: October 8, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report summarizes the methodology and findings of a preliminary study to estimate the Value-Added Tax (VAT) reporting gap in Bulgaria in 2019. The VAT reporting gap is defined as the difference between...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 186969Date: October 8, 2023Author:
Erard, Brian Edward
Global economic activity registered resilient growth in early 2023 but is losing momentum. Advanced economies growth slowed less-than-anticipated in
early 2023 as tight labor markets drove wages up, preventing...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 185117Date: October 7, 2023Author:
Bandaogo, Mahama Abdel Samir Sidbewende ;
Binti Jasmin, Alyssa Farha ;
Chong, Yew Keat ;
Dornan, Matthew Selwyn ;
Purnamasari, Ririn Salwa ;
Rodriguez Takeuchi, Laura Kiku ;
Sanghi, Apurva ;
Teh Sharifuddin, Shakira Binti ;
Wai-Poi, Matthew Grant ;
Wan, Ya Shin
Climate change and its associated shocks have a disproportionate adverse impact on the poor and most vulnerable. Poor and vulnerable families, especially those living near or within the areas with high...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 181146Date: October 6, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
Climate change poses major risks to the Philippines' agriculture sector achieving sustainable growth and higher productivity. Agriculture is significantly affected by climate shocks that damage crops,...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 181146Date: October 6, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
The Country Opinion Survey in Albania assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Albania perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 187595Date: October 6, 2023Author:
World Bank
Climate change poses major risks for development in the Philippines. Climate shocks, whether in the form of extreme weather events or slow-onset trends - will hamper economic activities, damage infrastructure,...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 181146Date: October 6, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
In March 2022 the World Bank Sustainability and Social Inclusion (SSI) team carried out a case study of the social impacts of climate change in four high-risk municipalities in the Philippines: Guiuan...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 181146Date: October 6, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
There is a strong commitment to education. Even so, it is
important to distinguish between a country’s commitment
to education and the resources it has available to invest.
The pandemic caused significant...
Type: BriefReport#: 185115Date: October 6, 2023Author:
UNESCO ;
World Bank
Major water-related events attributable to climate change will disproportionately hurt poor people. These include communities relying mainly on agriculture and fishery/aquaculture as their main source...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 181146Date: October 6, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
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