Rapid growth of distributed photovoltaics (DPV) has upended how engineers traditionally think about electric power systems. Consumers now increasingly generate their own power and feed it to the grid....
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 185049Date: September 29, 2023Author:
ESMAP
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Type: BriefReport#: 184302Date: September 29, 2023Author:
Atamanov, Aziz ;
Cochinard, Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor, John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Kilic, Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini, Giulia
Governments around the developing world face pressure to intervene actively to help jobseekers find employment. Two of the most common policies used are job training, based on the idea that many of those...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10576Date: September 28, 2023Author:
Carranza, Eliana ;
McKenzie, David
The world is facing a pivotal moment of urgent global challenges for development. It is critical for the World Bank to remain vigilant against corruption in the projects it finances. This report documents...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 185076Date: September 28, 2023Author:
World Bank
Digital technology offers the potential to lower the costs of delivering business training, and to enable it to be scaled across a wide geographic area. But there are questions about how feasible such...
Type: BriefReport#: 185033Date: September 28, 2023Author:
Davies, Elwyn Adriaan Robin ;
Deffebach, Peter William ;
Iacovone, Leonardo ;
McKenzie, David J.
Between September 25 and 28, 2023, the World Bank Group conducted a series of hybrid consultations in Nigeria on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030. These discussions aim to engage,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192214Date: September 28, 2023Author:
World Bank
Between September 25 and 27, 2023, the World Bank Group conducted a series of consultations in Panama on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030. These discussions aim to engage, learn,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192217Date: September 27, 2023Author:
World Bank
Between September 24 and 27, 2023, the World Bank Group held consultations on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030 with representatives from cooperation partners and civil society organizations...
Type: BriefReport#: 192200Date: September 27, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Government of Kerala (GoK) is committed to using data-driven tools and services for resilience and has embarked upon several innovative data programs that address known gaps in the resilience related...
Type: ReportReport#: 185023Date: September 27, 2023Author:
Jayakumar, Shashank ;
Kumar, Ravi ;
Prasanna, Lal Das ;
Sahu, Illika
While countries increasingly commit to pricing greenhouse gases directly through carbon taxes or emissions trading systems, indirect forms of carbon pricing - such as fuel excise taxes and fuel subsidy...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 192643Date: September 27, 2023Author:
Agnolucci, Paolo ;
Fischer, Carolyn ;
Hallegatte, Stephane ;
Heine, Dirk ;
Leon, Mariza Montes de Oca ;
Patroni, Kathleen ;
Pryor, Joseph Dixon Callisto
Children in Lebanese public schools have experienced four consecutive disrupted academic years (2019-20 to 2022-23), receiving approximately 270 days of in-person teaching compared with the 600 days they...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 185026Date: September 27, 2023Author:
Kheyfets, Igor ;
Pushparatnam, Adelle
This study aimed to incentivize access to Solar Home Systems (SHS) for refugee population in Uganda experiencing high levels of poverty and low rates of stable employment, by improving savings to purchase...
Type: ReportReport#: 189228Date: September 27, 2023Author:
World Bank
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