International Finance Corporation (IFC) helps renewable energy companies build the case for action on gender. IFC catalyze renewable energy companies to take-up gender-smart initiatives. IFC enable senior...
Type: BriefReport#: 192819Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Kate M. Lazarus ;
Ellen Claire Maynes
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the major health and development challenges of our time. Every year, about 41 million people die due to NCDs. This makes up about 74 percent of all deaths globally,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193504Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Jha,Prabhat ;
Alleyne,George ;
Isenman,Paul ;
Gisela M. Garcia ;
Seemeen Saadat ;
Jeremy Veillard ;
Sameera Maziad Al Tuwaijri
This study examines the medical, economic, and social costs– to individuals, families, communities, and societies of people becoming permanently disabled in road traffic accidents The World Health Organization’s...
Type: ReportReport#: 193554Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Charlotte Vuyiswa McClain-Nhlapo ;
Deepti Samant Raja ;
Groce, Nora ;
Mont, Daniel ;
Hanass-Hancock, Jill ;
Pinilla-Roncancio, Monica ;
Chatukuta, Mitchel
Middle-income countries are in a race against time. Many of them have done well since the 1990s to escape low-income levels and eradicate extreme poverty, leading to the perception that the last three...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 192949Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Georgia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Georgia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 192795Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The paper provides practical guidance on how the concept of resilience can be applied by SSI programming as well as Community and Local Development (CLD) work led by other global practices. Targeted primarily...
Type: ReportReport#: 194505Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Patrick John Barron ;
Jose Antonio Cuesta Leiva ;
Jana El-Horr ;
Juliette E. Wilson
This is the eleventh edition of the Republic of Congo Economic Update. Each edition of this annual report presents an overview of the Republic of Congo’s (ROC) evolving macroeconomic position, followed...
Type: ReportReport#: 192973Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Vincent De Paul Tsoungui Belinga ;
Marilyne Florence Mafoboue Youbi ;
Chris Belmert Katindi Milindi ;
Ryan Milan Rafaty ;
Dukken Gaphi Ossouna ;
Cheick Fantamady Kante ;
Sandeep Mahajan ;
Robert Johann Utz ;
Clelia Rontoyanni ;
Guillemette Sidonie Jaffrin
The objective of this paper is to summarize analysis conducted to provide inputs to the Hybrid Social Protection Scheme (HSPS) pilot. Following the analysis conducted, the Benazir Income Support Program...
This Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report provides a synopsis of the estimated direct economic damage in Grenada following the passage of Hurricane Beryl. The report is based on...
Type: ReportReport#: 193457Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Rashmin Gunasekera ;
Oscar Anil Ishizawa Escudero ;
James Edward Daniell ;
Antonios Pomonis ;
Harriette Stone ;
Toyos, Guillermo ;
Brand, Johannes ;
Romero, Roberth ;
Diana Cubas ;
Jung Roxanne Weil
Bulgaria has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Despite this transformation and although European Union (EU) membership in 2007 raised expectations of living standards rapidly...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 191840Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ updated calendar for the period from August to October 2024, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193652Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The People's Democratic Republic of Lao (Lao PDR) is pursuing a strategy of renewable energy sector expansion for domestic consumption and export to support socio-economic development targets. Hydropower...
Type: ReportReport#: 192822Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The debt sustainability assessment remains unchanged compared to the January 2024 DSA update and the July 2023
full DSA. The overall and external public debt are assessed at high risk of distress due to...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192829Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The voluntary liquidation of the national carrier Air Vanuatu has significantly increased uncertainty around the outlook and fiscal outcomes. The immediate fallout from this development will be on tourism...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 194965Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Philippines' educational institutions and vocational schools often channel students into industries with high demand for overseas labor, such as marine shipping and healthcare. However, despite this...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196832Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Rodriguez, Ruth R. ;
Alvin P. Ang ;
Paula Maria Cerutti ;
Opiniano, Jeremaiah M.
The World Bank Group (WBG) has undertaken a new Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) to update the constraints to achieving inclusive growth and shared prosperity following the publication of the first...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 193645Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Bhutan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Bhutan perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 192796Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This inaugural edition of the Sanctions Board's Newsletter shares updates about recent Sanctions Board membership changes, decisions, and select sanctions data.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 192800Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
IFC’s renewable-energy investment and advisory service support spans the globe, from Africa, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin America to the Middle East and North Africa. With experts on the ground,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192810Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Manufacturing activity slowed in May partly due to softer external demand and leading indicators suggest more moderate growth in the immediate term. Goods exports faltered on subdued Chinese demand for...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 192852Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
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