Adequate budgeting of the judiciary is critical for the effective delivery of justice. This brief presents trends in judicial budgets. Courts account for less than 2 percent of total government expenditure...
Type: ReportReport#: 195396Date: December 31, 2024Author:
Bosio, Erica
The Country Opinion Survey in Seychelles assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Seychelles perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 196857Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Zimbabwe’s impressive recovery since the 2019-20 COVID-19 recession has been slowed by the 2024 El-Niño-related drought. The fiscal deficit is projected to have fallen to below 3 percent in 2024. Challenges...
Type: ReportReport#: 196960Date: December 31, 2024Author:
Chigumira, Easther ;
de Waal, Dominick Revell ;
Steenbergen, Victor ;
Sharma, Dhiraj ;
Singh, Kaushiki ;
Chigumira, Easther ;
de Waal, Dominick Revell
The assessment presents findings from comprehensive desk research, semi-structured interviews, and key informant interviews conducted in-person in São Tomé and Príncipe in September 2023. The report is...
Type: ReportReport#: 196893Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, is the fourth largest city in India and a hub for commerce, culture, and education. This compendium explores how cities can address complex urban mobility challenges...
Type: ReportReport#: 197659Date: December 31, 2024Author:
Ollivier, Gerald Paul ;
Srinivasan, Shyam
Over the past 50 years, the number of drought events in Romania has increased, with their impact on the population, economy, and environment being intensified by climate change. This report provides a...
Type: ReportReport#: 197528Date: December 31, 2024Author:
Fischer, Chris-Philip ;
Ghita, Elena Daniela ;
Limones Rodriguez, Natalia ;
Mitrache, Anca (Bor?) ;
Feodorov, Cosmin ;
Fenwick, Crystal ;
Ioni?a, Gabriel ;
Bica, Ioan ;
Lipan, Iozefina ;
Gerber, Nicolas ;
Popa, Teodor
The Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) assesses Comoros’ external and overall debt as sustainable including in the medium term but continuing to remain at high risk of debt distress. Although debt indicators...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 197996Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Zambia’s public debt is assessed as sustainable. Still, it remains at high risk of overall and external debt distress, compared to the June 2024 assessment indicating Zambia’s external and overall public...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 200707Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report – Cameroon’s first ever official poverty assessment – draws on
the country’s latest microdata to suggest policies that can ignite poverty
reduction at a pivotal moment. Around 4 in 10 Cameroonians...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 202465Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The onset of COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 highlighted the importance of digital technologies for remote learning and building better education technology (Edtech) ecosystem in the country. The 5-Year Education...
Type: ReportReport#: 197372Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
In 2017, with the adoption of the Law on Financial Guarantees of Health-care Services, the Government of Ukraine launched fundamental reforms to the health financing system with the goals of improving...
Type: ReportReport#: 202646Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank ;
Organization, World Health
Bangladesh is warming at an alarming rate, the maximum temperature increased by 1.1°C between 1980 and 2023. At the same time, the heat index, or feels like temperature (which combines humidity and temperature...
This report explores the potential of maturing
technologies to address specific health
financing challenges in East and Southern
Africa. To the extent possible, it draws on
examples from countries in the...
Type: ReportReport#: 196995Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This document collection focuses on utilizing Earth observation data to enhance resilience in island communities. The training program emphasizes practical applications of Earth observation techniques...
Type: ReportReport#: 197571Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Digitalization accelerated by the pandemic has exponentially
increased the number and variability of alternative data
sources. The stay-at-home requirements during the pandemic
forced several business...
Type: ReportReport#: 197836Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Global Data Facility (GDF) is an innovative global funding mechanism that was established in October 2021 to strengthen and facilitate transformative and sustainable improvements in data systems and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 200176Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Samoa is assessed at moderate risk of external and overall debt distress based on a strong debt carrying capacity, an improvement from the high risk assessment in the previous DSA published in February...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 200171Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global goods trade accelerated in the five months from July through November amid strong US economic growth and a spurt in demand fueled by expectations of higher import tariffs. Trade in services, which...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 196933Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Partnership for Infrastructure Development Multi-Donor Trust Fund (PID MDTF) provides co-financing for World Bank operations in the West Bank and Gaza. (WB&G). During the reporting period (July 1,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 201029Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Annual capital raised by private infrastructure
funds increased from US$31.9 billion in 2010
to US$172.4 billion in 2022. An unprecedented
decline occurred in 2023 when the annual capital
raised was US$94.9...
Type: ReportReport#: 200771Date: December 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
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