This study explores the potential for producing sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) in four African
countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. Rather than serving as a full feasibility analysis...
Type: ReportReport#: 201934Date: June 4, 2025Author:
Abate, Megersa ;
Malina, Robert ;
Seber, Gonca ;
Schlumberger, Charles E.
This paper focuses on the social dimensions of both climate change adaptation and mitigation actions in India. On the adaptation side, it documents how people and communities are coping and adapting to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: 202022Date: June 4, 2025Author:
Mehta, Soumya Kapoor ;
Gupta, Neelanjana
The Scheduled Tribes (or tribals/Adivasis as they are popularly known) comprise 8.6 percent of India’s population, but nearly 50 percent of its poor. According to the global Multidimensional Poverty Index...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 202020Date: June 4, 2025Author:
Mehta, Soumya Kapoor ;
Gupta, Neelanjana
The East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region’s rapid economic growth in recent decades is
seen as manufacturing-led, but services are important yet underappreciated drivers of
growth and job creation. Although...
Type: ReportReport#: 202034Date: June 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report aims to support Ecuador in identifying priority marine and coastal areas for conservation within its territorial sea, considering its strategic goals as described in its 2015–2030 National...
Type: ReportReport#: 201989Date: June 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper investigates the impact of an export promotion policy consisting of ad-valorem subsidies for a set of targeted products, on the performance of Pakistani exports in the textile sector. The findings...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11136Date: June 3, 2025Author:
Lovo,Stefania ;
Varela, Gonzalo J.
Recent improvements in survey methodologies have increased measured consumption in many low- and lower-middle-income countries that now collect a more comprehensive measure of household consumption. Faced...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11137Date: June 3, 2025Author:
Foster, Elizabeth Mary ;
Jolliffe, Dean Mitchell ;
Lara Ibarra, Gabriel ;
Lakner, Christoph ;
Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi
The June 2025 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) introduces several
important changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. The most
important change is the adoption of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 201991Date: June 3, 2025Author:
Alfani, Federica ;
Aaron, Danielle V. ;
Atamanov, Aziz ;
Aguilar, R.Andres Castaneda ;
Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina ;
Devpura, Nancy Puranbhai ;
Dewina, Reno ;
Finn, Arden ;
Fujs, Tony Henri Mathias Jany ;
Gonzalez Icaza, Maria Fernanda ;
Krishnan, Nandini ;
Kochhar, Nishtha ;
Kumar, Naresh ;
Lakner, Christoph ;
Lara Ibarra, Gabriel ;
Lestani, Diego ;
Liniado, Julia ;
Loenborg, Jonas Helth ;
Mahler, Daniel Gerszon ;
Mejia-Mantilla, Carolina ;
Montalva Talledo, Veronica Sonia ;
Moreno Herrera, Laura Liliana ;
Nguyen, Minh Cong ;
Rubiano Matulevich, Eliana Carolina ;
Sajaia, Zurab ;
Sanchez Castro, Diana Marcela ;
Seshan, Ganesh Kumar ;
Tetteh Baah, Samuel Kofi ;
Viveros Mendoza, Martha Celmira ;
Wu, Haoyu ;
Yonzan, Nishant ;
Wambile, Ayago Esmubancha
This evaluation focuses on the preparedness of the World Bank Group, including the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), to support epidemic- and pandemic-related health emergencies....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 201979Date: June 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
This background paper outlines the methodologies and detailed results of the investment costs estimation conducted for the study, Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization (Deuskar...
Type: ReportReport#: 201953Date: June 2, 2025Author:
Murray, Sally Beth ;
Leiva Molano, Juan Sebastian ;
Deuskar, Chandan ;
Khan, Ibrahim Ali ;
Maria, Augustin
This note introduces the role carbon crediting can play in funding the climate transition in Latin America (LAC)’s Agriculture, Forests, and Other Land Use (AFOLU) sector. Carbon crediting is only one...
Type: ReportReport#: 201948Date: June 2, 2025Author:
World Bank
Green hydrogen is hydrogen that is produced by means of electrolysis using electricity generated from renewable energy sources. Most of the hydrogen in the world today is produced from natural gas through...
Type: ReportReport#: 201939Date: June 2, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report analyzes the cost of key investments for low-carbon and climateresilient urban development in all L&MICs from 2020 to 2050 across several sectors. For the purposes of this report, “city climate...
Type: ReportReport#: 201478Date: June 2, 2025Author:
Deuskar, Chandan ;
Murray, Sally Beth ;
Leiva Molano, Juan Sebastian ;
Khan, Ibrahim Ali ;
Maria, Augustin
In the Sahel, Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) is a set
of social protection policies, instruments and programs
that promote the human capital, productivity and
resilience of the poorest and strengthen...
Type: BriefReport#: 201929Date: June 2, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report provides a comprehensive review of the implementation of the iTEKAD initiative, a social finance initiative first introduced by Bank Negara Malaysia in 2020. The review examines the implementation...
Type: ReportReport#: 202542Date: June 2, 2025Author:
Johan Arief Jothi, Shahira Zaireen Bt ;
Aminan, Puteri Zahrah
This review highlights critical gaps in the implementation of legal and policy actions aimed at improving adolescent health outcomes. The findings underscore the need for policymakers to consider the full...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 201897Date: June 2, 2025Author:
Singh, Sagri ;
Boender, Carol ;
Malhotra, Anju ;
Prihartono, Indira ;
Nielsen, Charlotte Pram ;
Hanafi, Leila
As part of a multi-methods study designed to document the impact of women leaders on health and gender outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa, we conducted a series of in-depth case studies. This case study explores...
Ethiopia, Africa’s second most populous country, has made significant strides in economic growth and human development over the past two decades. Between 2010 and 2018, GDP per capita more than doubled,...
Type: ReportReport#: 201893Date: June 2, 2025Author:
Hasnain, Zahid ;
Khurshid, Ayesha ;
Mukhtarova, Turkan Mustafa Qizi
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