In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), tourism is a key driver for economic
growth, job creation, and economic diversification. The sector is especially critical
for economies that continue to suffer...
Type: ReportReport#: 191262Date: July 23, 2024Author:
World Bank
The White Paper on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) for Saint Lucia provides key policy directions and strategies for achieving UHC in the country. It outlines various aspects of UHC interventions, starting...
Type: Policy PaperReport#: 192929Date: July 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the pervasiveness of tax evasion among firms in Indonesia and the characteristics associated with higher levels of noncompliance. Tax evasion is estimated through a randomized, double-list...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10857Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Christopher Alexander Hoy ;
Filip Jolevski ;
Anthony Obeyesekere
There is broad consensus that sufficiently high carbon prices play an important role in moving countries to low-carbon pathways. It is important for many governments to compare expected economic outcomes...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192660Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Ulrike Lehr ;
Ira Irina Dorband ;
Gilang Hardadi
There is broad consensus that sufficiently high carbon prices are important in moving countries to low carbon pathways. Carbon pricing disincentivizes carbon-intensive activities, and the revenues generated...
Type: ReportReport#: 192659Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Ulrike Lehr ;
Ira Irina Dorband ;
Gilang Hadardi
Global funds to support climate adaptation are a lifeline for low-income countries, and nowhere is this more evident than in settings facing fragility and conflict. While there is little question that...
Type: ReportReport#: 192639Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Lindsey Paul Jones ;
Josue Banga ;
Benjamin Savely Notkin ;
Arthur Guillaume Julien Brochen
As the world endeavors to decarbonize and shift toward sustainable energy sources, power systems will become increasingly dependent on weather conditions. This dependence creates the challenge of managing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10858Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Farnham,David ;
Ross Marc Eisenberg ;
Luc Marius Jacques Bonnafous
The World Bank’s (WB’s) multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) to Advance Universal Health Coverage (Advance UHC) supports developing countries to advance towards universal health coverage (UHC) while effectively...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 192657Date: July 22, 2024
The Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE) met to consider the Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) report entitled Making Waves - World Bank Support for the Blue Economy (2012-2023), an Independent...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193337Date: July 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
The World Bank has performed exploratory decarbonization analyses to identify policy and investment priorities to deeply decarbonize the power sector in select countries. The modeling methodology was shaped...
Type: ReportReport#: 193826Date: July 19, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper explores trends in and the potential determinants of the types of jobs held by workers, and their relationship with poverty reduction, in an unbalanced panel of 89 countries over the past 30...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10856Date: July 18, 2024Author:
Choi,Yunji ;
Mario Gronert ;
Maddalena Honorati ;
Merfeld,Joshua D. ;
David Newhouse
This guidance note outlines the objective and methodology of the Container Port Performance Index 2023 (CPPI). It is designed to help stakeholders interpret the results of the port efficiency ranking....
Type: ReportReport#: 192626Date: July 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cities are often heralded as the engines of economic growth, contributing a disproportionate share of a country's GDP relative to their population size. This trend has fueled a significant increase in...
Type: ReportReport#: 192630Date: July 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
The objectives of the quantitative research are: quantify traveler profile; importance of sustainability and traveler understanding of nature based tourism (NBT) versus marine and coastal versus eco tourism;...
Type: ReportReport#: 192386Date: July 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey (UHFPS), regularly collected by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) in collaboration with the World Bank since 2020, included questions to measure youth's (age...
Brazil possesses an abundance of natural resources that contribute to meeting its energy demand. Thanks to a traditional base of hydroelectric power and the more recent development of onshore wind and...
Type: ReportReport#: 192633Date: July 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report provides a quantification of the households vulnerable to falling into poverty as the result of a shock, as well as a qualitative analysis of the level of adaptability of the current social...
Type: ReportReport#: 192616Date: July 18, 2024Author:
Maria Gabriela Farfan Betran ;
Lyliana Gayoso ;
Tisei,Francesco
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