Land use planning is one of the most important policy instruments for urban and regional development aiming to meet the needs of the populations while considering various factors such as environmental...
Type: ReportReport#: 185923Date: September 1, 2023Author:
Chrzanowski, Pierre Anselme Gilbert ;
Hanecák, Peter ;
Hupková, Iveta ;
Michalko, Miloslav ;
Millington, Andrea
IFC is actively exploring business opportunities with Czech companies interested in co-investments in emerging markets in partnership with the Czech Ministry of Finance. Czechia is a donor to IFC. In December...
Type: BriefReport#: 188260Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This policy note explores the potential for a service-oriented, performance-based approach to accelerate the transformation of the I&D sector. It is organized into six sections. Section 1 identifies five...
Type: ReportReport#: 187998Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Twelve years into a devastating civil war, a one-in-two-century earthquake devastated northwestern Syria. The 7.6 Richter scale shock was the deadliest in Syria after the one that hit Aleppo in 1822. Using...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 184744Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
In the wake of the pandemic, the greatest obstacle to COVID-19 vaccination in the Caribbean is vaccine acceptance and uptake rather than supply. Social media surveys were conducted in three Caribbean countries...
Type: ReportReport#: 185002Date: September 1, 2023Author:
Di Giorgio, Laura ;
Kim, Phillis ;
Margolies, Amy ;
Moscoe, Ellen ;
Mussini, Micaela ;
Pinzón, Daniel
The primary objective of this report is to estimate the economic cost of exclusion based on sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC) in the Republic of Serbia...
Type: ReportReport#: 184940Date: September 1, 2023Author:
Cortez, Clifton John ;
Koehler, Dominik ;
Lucchetti, Leonardo Ramiro
There is a need to rebalance the sources of growth toward private investment, exports, and public investment that crowd in private investment. The contribution of capital to gross domestic product (GDP)...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: AUS0003291Date: September 1, 2023Author:
Gui-Diby, Steve Loris
In FY19-23, Sweden provided cumulative funding of over 55 million through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) to support IFC Advisory Services. The MENA MSME 2.0 program is...
Type: BriefReport#: 188273Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Switzerland is one of the largest development partners for IFC Advisory Services, mainly through Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs SECO. In FY19-23, Switzerland provided cumulative funding...
Type: BriefReport#: 188272Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Public financial management (PFM) systems, through their role in administering public money, are critical in improving education outcomes. Existing cross-country research has shown a relatively weak relationship...
Type: ReportReport#: 186640Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Between 2000 and 2022, Burkina Faso’s economic output has more than tripled in real terms, but this has not translated into significant reductions in the number in extreme poverty. Economic growth has...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 191849Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report outlines the main results of a study conducted to assess the potential role of landscape restoration/nature-based solutions/green infrastructure in the Vakhsh River Basin, Tajikistan, to reduce...
Type: ReportReport#: 184787Date: September 1, 2023Author:
Agostini, Paola ;
Miranda Montero, Juan Jose ;
Vallesi, Sergio
Urbanization in Thailand has been uneven. Bangkok has been the focus of urbanization economic growth and urban investment. The urbanization of Bangkok and the surrounding region has been responsible for...
Type: ReportReport#: 184685Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This brief discusses the economic development of Vietnam for September 2023. While economic growth picked up in Q3-2023 thanks to a gradual recovery of the exports, domestic consumption remained subdued...
Type: BriefReport#: 185269Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Nigeria has made significant advances in strengthening its financial infrastructure in recent years with the aim to increase access to finance for previously excluded individuals, micro, small, and medium...
Type: ReportReport#: 188248Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Tech-EnableD Disability Inclusive Education (TEDDIE) is an instrument comprising a costing tool and an implementation toolkit to help policy makers estimate the cost of procuring, utilizing, and maintaining...
Type: ReportReport#: 187598Date: September 1, 2023Author:
Alasuutari, Hanna Katriina ;
Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca ;
Cobo Romani, Juan Cristobal ;
D Angelo, Sophia Marie ;
Lee, Changha ;
Pan, Yilin
The budget allocation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic indicates an increase in both health and non-health sectors, together with policy prioritization to mitigate socioeconomic damage globally. In...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 185735Date: September 1, 2023Author:
Juhyeon Moon ;
Tae-jin Lee
Ghana has made substantial progress toward universal health coverage (UHC) andcompares relatively well in health outcomes among its economic peers. Internationalcomparisons of government current health...
Type: ReportReport#: 187649Date: September 1, 2023Author:
Agyekum, Enoch Oti ;
Chen, Dorothee ;
Corral Rodas, Paul Andres ;
Ngetich, Elisha Kipkemoi ;
Smith, Owen K. ;
Wang Sonne, Soazic Elise
This study explores whether hospitals with higher increases in obesity levels have higher cesarean section (CS) rates and the consequential effects on maternal and newborn health in Mexico for 2008–2015....
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Germany’s development institutions are important partners to IFC....
Type: BriefReport#: 188264Date: September 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
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