Most power utilities in West Africa are not ?nancially sustainable. Several interrelated factors cause these performance issues, but dependence on liquid fuels, poor governance, insufficient use of information...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 200234Date: April 18, 2025Author:
Anshul Rana ;
Jose Andres Detomasi ;
Isabelle Bui ;
Jingyi Wu
The Provincial Investment Climate Assessment (PICA) is designed to generate employment opportunities and increase private investment in Nepal by stimulating subnational investment climate reforms. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 200528Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Jean Nicolas Arlet ;
Sagita Muco ;
Bruno Freire
The Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund (URTF) has proven to be a well-structured yet flexible instrument that helps leverage grant financing to respond to Ukraine’s massive...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 200558Date: April 17, 2025Author:
James P. Newman ;
Sara Agostini ;
Liliya Sereda ;
Alisa Akutsina ;
Anastasiia Bihun ;
Khasankhon Khamudkhanov ;
Lisa Li Xi Lau ;
Baljit Wadhwa
In settings where women’s land rights are informal, the death of a husband can severely limit a widow’s access to land and her ability to remain in her home — especially in the absence of a male heir....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11102Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Ioana Alexandra Botea ;
Markus Goldstein ;
Houngbedji,Kenneth ;
Florence Kondylis ;
Michael B. O'Sullivan ;
Harris Selod
Learn more about current conditions in Ukraine through the Listening to Ukraine survey results: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/ukraine/brief/listening-to-citizens-of-ukraine-survey
Type: BriefReport#: 200578Date: April 17, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper estimates the proportion of workers who would meet the required contribution periods to access a contributory retirement pension in the Dominican Republic. Using microdata from labor histories,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11103Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Ignacio Raul Apella ;
Zunino,Gonzalo
This paper examines tax revenue shortfalls in South Asian countries. On average during 2019–23, South Asian revenues totaled 18 percent of GDP—well below the average 24 percent among emerging market and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11104Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Hagen Kruse ;
Franziska Lieselotte Ohnsorge ;
Gabriel Zenon Tourek ;
Zoe Leiyu Xie
In 2021-23, the World Bank conducted regional analytical work under the Support for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones) in Projects and Operations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Advisory Services...
Type: ReportReport#: 193648Date: April 16, 2025Author:
Fabian Hinojosa ;
Carlos Bellas Lamas ;
Carlos Murgui Maties ;
Adriana Ormazabal Caballero
The report seeks to inform how the country can accelerate nationwide integration into the formal financial system to enable progress in poverty reduction, equality, and other relevant reforms under the...
Type: ReportReport#: 200473Date: April 15, 2025Author:
Manex Bule Yonis ;
Alemayehu A. Ambel ;
Francesco Di Salvo ;
Marlon Rolston Rawlins
On April 15, 2025, International Development Association (IDA) Board of Governors adopted resolution number two hundred and fifty-five. It was resolved that the Association considered the prospective financial...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 200872Date: April 15, 2025Author:
World Bank
Partnerska Inicjatywa Miast (PIM) to projekt strategiczny Ministerstwa Funduszy i Polityki Regionalnej. Jego celem jest wzmacnianie kompetencji miast i administracji centralnej w wybranych obszarach tematycznych...
Type: BriefReport#: 200449Date: April 15, 2025Author:
World Bank
This work was conducted at the request of the Ministry of Finance, Strategic Planning, National Development and Statistics (MFSPNDS). MFSPNDS requested the World Bank’s support to conduct a systematic...
Type: Health Sector ReviewReport#: 200489Date: April 15, 2025Author:
Margareta Norris Harrit ;
Mesulame Ratu Namedre ;
Maude Ruest A
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing Higher Education (HE), transforming how students learn, faculty teach, and institutions operate. Across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), AI-powered...
The Cities’ Partnership Initiative (CPI) is a flagship project of the Ministry of Development Funds and Regional Policy (MDFRP) of Poland. The project aims at helping the cities and central administration...
Type: ReportReport#: 200449Date: April 15, 2025Author:
World Bank
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