Advancements in digital technology are impacting how firms operate, creating new business models and opportunities, and affecting workforce needs and occupational profiles. Such rapidly evolving job market...
GFDRR partnered with an educational institution in Indonesia to bolster the capacity of the country’s water utility operators — shaping training modules that are now integrated into the curriculum and...
Type: BriefReport#: 189757Date: April 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Kyrgyz Republic has made impressive progress in poverty reduction, reducing the 2017 PPP adjusted US$3.65 per day poverty rate by nearly half: from 24.8 percent in 2010 to 11.7 percent in 2019. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192161Date: April 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Over the past two decades, Armenia's economy has undergone significant transformation marked by periods of rapid growth, external shocks, and resilience. From 2000 to 2008, Armenia transformed into one...
The Country Opinion Survey in Malaysia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Malaysia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 189705Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
The 2023 Annual Report of the Global Facility to Decarbonize Transport (GFDT) covers the period from September 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023. This is GFDT’s first annual report. During the reporting period,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 189720Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic growth remains below pre-COVID-19 levels, mainly owing to protracted macroeconomic instability. Economic growth is estimated at 3.7 percent for 2023, with positive contributions from the services...
Type: ReportReport#: 189694Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
In the Sahel, Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) is a set of social protection policies, instruments and programs that promote human capital, productivity, and resilience of the poorest and strengthen their...
Type: ReportReport#: 197393Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
These remarks were delivered by the World Bank Group President Ajaya Banga at the IDA for Africa Heads of State Summit on April 29, 2024. The main idea revolves around the potential for transformative...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 190599Date: April 29, 2024Author:
Ajay Banga
Belize, a middle-income nation, faces numerous climate and disaster risks, and suffered a significant economic contraction in 2020 due to COVID-19. Support from GFDRR and the World Bank were a key part...
Type: BriefReport#: 189717Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
With the support of the Canada-Caribbean Resilience Facility (CRF)and the Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility (CRRBF), Grenada is making progress to ensure the climate resilience of critical...
Type: BriefReport#: 189718Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
Saint Lucia faces various climate-related threats to its development. GFDRR is addressing these threats via efforts to enhance technologies and support knowledge-sharing activities that benefit stakeholders...
Type: BriefReport#: 189719Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) provides an assessment of the constraints Armenia should address and the opportunities it can embrace to accelerate progress toward the twin goals of ending extreme...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 187001Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Performance and Learning Review (PLR) takes stock of the implementation of the FY21- FY25 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the Central African Republic (CAR). The CPF was cautiously optimistic...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 187647Date: April 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
By summarizing recent evidence and regional trends, this series is designed to provide Bhutan’s policymakers a digestible resource through which to better understand and respond to existing as well as...
Type: BriefReport#: 189688Date: April 27, 2024Author:
World Bank
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