Gross domestic product (GDP) is widely recognized as an insufficient measure of economic progress and national success. Since GDP is nearly universally available and comparable across countries, it is...
Type: ReportReport#: 193950Date: October 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Taxes and prices of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Brazil are low compared to international peers. The ongoing landmark reform of indirect taxes (PLP 68/2024...
Type: ReportReport#: 193957Date: October 10, 2024Author:
Norman Maldonado ;
Evan Harold Blecher ;
Cornelius Fleischhaker
Colombia's regularization of 2.8 million Venezuelan forced migrants, about 5% of its population, improved migrant well-being without negatively affecting native workers or social cohesion.
Type: BriefReport#: 194069Date: October 10, 2024Author:
Sandra Rozo
The Central African Republic’s (CAR) vulnerability to climate shocks has increased due to political and geographic factors and insecurity over the past decade. While precipitation trends in the CAR are...
Type: ReportReport#: 194070Date: October 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
The WBG Gender Strategy 2024-30 puts forward the bold ambition to accelerate gender equality to end poverty on a livable planet in alignment with the World Bank Group Evolution Roadmap. The strategy responds...
Type: BriefReport#: 191013Date: October 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in the Dominican Republic assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in the Dominican Republic perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 193948Date: October 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Toolkit is intended to assist World Bank Energy and Safeguards teams with analyzing E&S risks in the off-grid solar sector and adopting appropriate safeguards. This Toolkit will help project teams...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 193959Date: October 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
The twelve Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that are members of the World Bank have been experiencing rapid urbanization for several decades and are now experiencing rapid growth in reliance on private...
Type: ReportReport#: 193939Date: October 8, 2024Author:
Sam William Johnson ;
Andrey Orlando Asian ;
Damon C. Luciano ;
Yoichiro Kono ;
Ooijen, Bram van ;
Campbell, Andrew ;
Blair Matthew Turner ;
Hook, Walter ;
Lieswyn, John ;
Rajesh Rohatgi ;
Irvin, Andrew
The Country Opinion Survey in the Dominican Republic assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in the Dominican Republic perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 193948Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
The twelve Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that are members of the World Bank have been experiencing rapid urbanization for several decades and are now experiencing rapid growth in reliance on private...
Type: ReportReport#: 193939Date: October 8, 2024Author:
Sam William Johnson ;
Andrey Orlando Asian ;
Damon C. Luciano ;
Yoichiro Kono ;
Ooijen, Bram van ;
Campbell, Andrew ;
Blair Matthew Turner ;
Hook, Walter ;
Lieswyn, John ;
Rajesh Rohatgi ;
Irvin, Andrew
Zimbabwe is a lower middle-income country with strong human and natural capital and significant growth potential and yet faces entrenched governance and institutional challenges, macroeconomic volatility,...
Type: Country Engagement NoteReport#: 193577Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
North Macedonia’s economy is expected to show moderate growth in the medium term, with public finances continuing to be stretched. Although the country anticipates positive medium-term economic prospects,...
Type: ReportReport#: 191017Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in the Dominican Republic assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in the Dominican Republic perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 193948Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
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