About a third of the 7.7 million Venezuelans who have left their country due to political and economic turmoil have settled in neighboring Colombia. The extent to which the Colombian schooling system can...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10720Date: March 12, 2024Author:
Rozo Villarraga, Sandra Viviana ;
Vargas, Juan F.
This Short Note aims to provide some practical tips for practitioners like World Bank task team leaders in implementing online gig work programs to enable vulnerable populations - such as youth, women,...
Type: BriefReport#: 188239Date: March 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
Fronteira Digital (Project or Project Fronteira Digital) was the result of a partnership between International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, AVSI Brasil, the UN Refugee Agency...
Type: ReportReport#: 188209Date: March 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection focuses on the support and empowerment of women-led startups in the business world. It emphasizes the importance of providing financial resources and opportunities for women entrepreneurs...
This country case study provides a review of primary health care (PHC)-centered integrated care systems for older adults in Mongolia and highlights lessons learned and challenges faced in care delivery...
The 2023 IFC Annual Report highlights the organization's commitment to providing a record 43.7 billion dollars to private companies and financial institutions in developing countries. This substantial...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 188207Date: March 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
Somalia was recovering from a long civil war and had a provisional constitution with plans for Federal Member States. The country faced extreme poverty, a young population unfamiliar with functional governance,...
Type: ReportReport#: 188231Date: March 11, 2024Author:
Cameron, Blair James
The document collection focuses on the concept of blended finance for climate investments, emphasizing the need for innovative financial mechanisms to address climate change. It discusses the potential...
Decentralization is an important and commonplace type of reform, yet our understanding of its effects remains limited. This paper documents the effects of the 2009-10 wave of district creation in Uganda,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 194379Date: March 9, 2024Author:
Cohen, Isabelle
Small and medium-sized enterprises, or “SMEs,” play a major role in global economic development. This Guide aims to provide SMEs with a useful framework for developing effective Integrity Compliance Programs,...
Type: PublicationReport#: 188182Date: March 9, 2024Author:
Ministry of Justice, Republic of Korea ;
World Bank
Maldives’ past development path has led to significant improvements in physical capital (infrastructure and related services), and human capital (such as health and education). Over recent decades, the...
Type: ReportReport#: 187763Date: March 9, 2024Author:
Giriyapura Jayaprakash, Lingaraj ;
Heger, Martin ;
Kondo, Sachiko ;
Kwon, Jihae ;
Nobel, Anne ;
Smytzek, Patrick Alexander ;
Wijeyeratne, Mokshana Nerandika
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed with a statement signaling the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era, a just and equitable transition, deep emissions cuts, and scaled-up...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 188142Date: March 8, 2024Author:
Lehr, Ulrike Gabriel Elisabeth Augusta ;
Pollitt, Hector Ben
Past investments in electricity, Internet, and road infrastructure, in isolation and bundled, have contributed to structural transformation and economic development in Africa. Using new data on the expansion...
The Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) is committed to advancing financial inclusion globally by increasing quality access to, as well as usage of, sustainable formal financial services,...
Type: ReportReport#: 188193Date: March 8, 2024Author:
Gamser, Matthew ;
Jiang, Fangfang ;
Owens, John Vincent ;
Tandon, Ashutosh ;
Teima, Ghada O.
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