GDP growth is projected to slow to 3.3 percent in 2024 after a solid post-pandemic recovery in 2022-23. While a slowdown was expected, the growth is further affected by persistent macroeconomic instability...
Type: BriefReport#: 189017Date: April 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
Real GDP growth is expected to slow from 5.8 percent in FY23 to 5.6 percent in FY24, as inflation weighs on consumption and import restrictions and financial sector vulnerabilities constrain private investment....
Type: BriefReport#: 188960Date: April 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
The economy has shown initial signs of stabilization with improved fiscal and external balances, supported by a recovery in remittances and tourism and the continued debt service suspension. However, this...
Type: BriefReport#: 188966Date: April 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic growth is projected at 2.8 percent in 2024, supported by the Colluli potash project construction. Lower global food prices are expected to help reduce inflation to 5.1 percent in 2024. Downside...
Type: BriefReport#: 188983Date: April 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bhutan’s economy has recovered from the series of shocks resulting from the COVID-19
pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. After experiencing contractions of 2.5 percent and
3.3 percent in FY19/20...
Type: ReportReport#: 188783Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Gender-responsive transport and mobility planning is not only imperative for women’s empowerment, but also for business benefits for transport companies and the overall economic and social development...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 188802Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This business case highlights how taking a gender-inclusive approach by involving women in service design, tariff structures, and the water and sanitation workforce itself can improve service provision,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 188803Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Nepal’s economy saw improved growth in the first half of FY24 (H1FY24) compared to FY23, supported by the services sector, helping its economic growth rebound from a low of 1.9 percent in FY23 to a forecast...
Significant progress on energy access has been made in recent years, with the number of people living without electricity dropping from 1.2 billion in 2010 to 840 million in 2017. This business case is...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 188799Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Jamaica’s progress in digital transformation is paving the way for a foundational change in how the economy and society operate and create value. This report serves as input to guide Jamaica’s digital...
Type: ReportReport#: 189032Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Forced displacement has become more frequent in the last decades, with refugees often spending many years abroad. While international responses often focus on immediate needs, investment in refugees’ longer-term...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 189759Date: April 2, 2024Author:
Honorati, Maddalena ;
Testaverde, Mauro ;
Totino, Elisa
This tool suite includes tools to help your company to recruit, attract, and retain women so that you can achieve better gender balance at all levels of your workforce, from field-based operational staff,...
Type: ReportReport#: 188805Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The extension of electricity into rural areas has been the main focus of efforts to achieve universal access to reliable, affordable, and modern energy by 2030. On the African continent and elsewhere,...
Mining companies have a tremendous opportunity and untapped resource available to them in the form of the women in their communities and workforce. By recognizing the potential for strengthening the workforce,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 188800Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the South Asia region....
Type: ReportReport#: 188860Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
In an increasingly data-driven world, data literacy - the ability to understand data and use it effectively – can generate significant improvements in national development outcomes. The World Bank’s Data...
Type: ReportReport#: 190321Date: April 2, 2024Author:
Chung, Pyrou ;
Jingjungvisut, Saowalak ;
Kallaur, Emily ;
Kumar, Ravi
Innovative women entrepreneurs can be agents of change and offer novel solutions to global challenges. However, they face multiple barriers to growing their businesses. This paper reviews the literature...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10744Date: April 2, 2024Author:
Ubfal, Diego Javier
This tool suite identifies the ways in which men and women can be impacted differently by infrastructure projects. It shows how efforts to understand and address the needs and interests of both men and...
Type: ReportReport#: 188807Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Any company seeking to address gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) must ensure that it is meeting minimum obligations to provide a safe workplace by addressing bullying and sexual harassment and...
Type: ReportReport#: 188808Date: April 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
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