The COVID-19 pandemic exposed significant gaps in social protection systems, especially in South Asia, where financial constraints limited support for vulnerable populations. This paper emphasizes the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 200306Date: April 7, 2025Author:
Fatima, Tehreem ;
Sanchez-Reaza, Javier
Peru achieved remarkable economic success between 2002 and 2013 through structural reforms and prudent macroeconomic policies, nearly doubling the regional average with an annual growth rate of 6.1 percent...
Type: ReportReport#: 197578Date: April 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
This validation of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) for the Republic of Croatia covers the Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for fiscal years (FY19-24), as updated in...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ValidationReport#: 201025Date: April 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
A workshop on Sustainable Finance Solutions for Nature Conservation was co-organized by the Global Environment Facility (GEF)-financed Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program (ASL), World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US),...
Type: ReportReport#: 203569Date: April 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
The countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) embarked on a remarkable journey more than three decades ago. In the early 1990s, they began transitioning from planned to market economies, supported by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 200237Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Doczi, Szilvia ;
Iacovone, Leonardo ;
Izvorski, Ivailo V. ;
Kostopoulos, Christos ;
Lokshin, Michael M. ;
Record, Richard ;
Torre, Ivan
Women face many barriers to accessing and using the Internet. As a result, despite the rapid global spread of mobile Internet, women all over the world are less likely to participate in the digital economy...
The countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) embarked on a remarkable journey more than three decades ago. In the early 1990s, they began transitioning from planned to market economies, supported by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 200237Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Doczi, Szilvia ;
Iacovone, Leonardo ;
Izvorski, Ivailo V. ;
Kostopoulos, Christos ;
Lokshin, Michael M. ;
Record, Richard ;
Torre, Ivan
Most power utilities in West Africa are not financially sustainable. Several interrelated factors cause these performance issues, but dependence on liquid fuels, poor governance, insufficient use of information...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 200233Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Kappen, Jan Friedrich ;
Lee, Min A ;
Liu, Yang ;
Loew, David ;
Rizvi, Rida E Zahra
This study delves into the multifaceted challenges faced by Côte d’Ivoire students in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) through qualitative data collection and analysis. It covers...
Type: ReportReport#: 200246Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Machado, Ana Luiza ;
Muller, Miriam
The Country Opinion Survey in Ethiopia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Ethiopia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 205722Date: April 3, 2025Author:
wb551071
This Country Partnership Framework (CPF) sets out how the World Bank Group (WBG) can support the Royal Government of Bhutan’s (RGoB) 13th Five Year Plan (FYP 2025-29). The CPF, which covers the period...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: CPF0000049Date: April 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the last two decades, the Kyrgyz Republic enjoyed significant growth, which has largely transferred into poverty reduction. Poverty reduction at the national level over the last two decades may conceal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 200240Date: April 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Croatia is at a critical demographic crossroads. Against a backdrop of an aging and declining population, Croatia is transitioning from a country of emigration to one increasingly relying on foreign workers,...
Type: ReportReport#: 200236Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Budimir, Ana ;
Garrote Sanchez, Daniel ;
Martin, Matthew C. ;
Mehta, Helly D. ;
Sitarova, Andrea ;
Testaverde, Mauro ;
Tomic, Iva
This paper takes stock of the literature on infrastructure and jobs published since the early 2000s, using a conceptual framework to identify the key channels through which different types of infrastructure...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11096Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Gorgulu, Nisan ;
Vagliasindi, Maria
This paper is one of a series of three that aim to help West African utilities and governments and the development financiers that support them - better understand and respond to these issues. The focus...
Type: ReportReport#: 200247Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Boyd, Tim ;
Loew, David ;
Nash, Stephen
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