Africa’s coastal and marine areas face growing challenges. Protecting the continent’s natural assets and the services they provide is not just a moral imperative; it is also a chance to obtain higher economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 197917Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Diez, Sylvia Michele ;
Kristensen, Peter ;
Molle, Anthony ;
Wright, Elisson M.
Across Africa, rising populations and increased socioeconomic activity in coastal areas are resulting in increasing marine pollution. Rather than expand their Blue Economies, countries need to combat pollution...
Type: BriefReport#: 197915Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Hasegawa, Kanako
The enlargement of the European Union towards the Western Balkans is experiencing unprecedented dynamism, supported by the launch of a tailored Euro 6 billion growth plan. This renewed momentum offers...
Type: ReportReport#: 197845Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Medic, Pavle ;
Pontara, Nicola ;
Record, Richard ;
Relic, Ana
The World Bank Group supports climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience by promoting Blue Economy job growth in Africa and worldwide. From climate-smart and resilient urban development to improving...
Type: BriefReport#: 197916Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Spencer, Phoebe Girouard
The Blue Solutions for Africa series of operational briefs
captures how a thriving Blue Economy can help African
countries better manage the development challenges
they face while supporting economic growth,...
Type: BriefReport#: 197903Date: March 17, 2025Author:
World Bank
Climate change impacts the planet overall, and the Blue Economy is not exempt from these effects. On the contrary, the ocean is a major regulator of global and regional weather, and ocean acidification...
Type: BriefReport#: 197910Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Scodelaro, Federico A.
Africa has significant potential to improve its climate-smart sustainable development by focusing on the Blue Economy. However, efforts to reach this potential are stymied by poor access to relevant data...
Type: BriefReport#: 197912Date: March 17, 2025Author:
Harshadeep, Nagaraja Rao
The Country Opinion Survey in Sri Lanka assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better
understanding how Sri Lanka stakeholders perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with
systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 200998Date: March 14, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report aims to identify strategic actions to increase investment in NBS for climate resilience in SSA by evaluating over a decade of NBS project investment and assessing a range of policy, financial,...
Type: ReportReport#: 197407Date: March 14, 2025Author:
Anderson, James ;
Collins, Natasha ;
Gartner, Todd ;
Hunter, Rory ;
Jongmanrtner, Brenden ;
Jungman, Laura ;
Marsters, Lizzie ;
Onah, Innocent ;
Turkovich, Natalie von ;
Vidad, Gabriela ;
Zanten, Boris van
The document collection explores the interconnectedness of global food security and economic growth. It examines historical trends in economic development and analyzes the factors that influence food production,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200132Date: March 14, 2025Author:
World Bank
Livestock plays a critical economic and social role both globally and in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The livestock sector encompasses a variety of species, with cattle being the most prominent...
Type: ReportReport#: 197828Date: March 13, 2025Author:
Betremariam, Biruktayet Assefa ;
Canales Gomez, Ana Cristina ;
Chigumira, Easther ;
Mendez, Mario ;
Modamba, Emma Isinika ;
Obreque, Francisco ;
Ruzindaza, Ernest ;
Tchale, Hardwick
Sudan’s telecommunications sector has historically been competitive, with active participation from both government and private Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) such as Zain, Sudatel, and MTN. The Telecom...
Type: ReportReport#: 203646Date: March 13, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper assesses the impact of favoritism in public procurement on private sector productivity growth. To this end, it combines three novel microeconomic data sets: administrative data on firms, including...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11085Date: March 13, 2025Author:
Fazekas, Mihaly ;
Poltoratskaia, Viktoriia ;
Schiffbauer, Marc Tobias ;
Tóth, Bence
Social safety nets are among the most widely studied interventions. More than 15,000 studies published between 2000 and 2024. There have been over 50 systematic reviews summarizing impact studies. There...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196137Date: March 13, 2025Author:
World Bank
This study analyzes the direct effects and local spillovers of a low-cost multifaceted economic inclusion program through a randomized controlled trial in Chad. The intervention included group savings...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11084Date: March 12, 2025Author:
Premand, Patrick ;
Schnitzer, Pascale
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector finds itself at a pivotal moment while propelling digital transformation across the globe, it is also contributing to climate change. In almost...
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