This memorandum provides the quarterly update of IBRD’s lending rates and spreads pursuant to the standard loan pricing as defined in the Bank Policy and Directive Financial Terms and Conditions of Bank...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 197197Date: January 27, 2025Author:
World Bank
On January 27, 2025, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and eleven. It was resolved that the 2027 Annual Meetings...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 197122Date: January 27, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper uses a vulnerability-based approach to analyze the evolution of the middle class in Europe between 2005–08 and 2015–18. The analysis reveals that, on average, the income level needed to ensure...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11047Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Maurizio Bussolo ;
Jonathan George Karver ;
Michael M. Lokshin ;
Luis-Felipe Lopez-Calva ;
Ivan Torre
Kazakhstan's economy is estimated to have grown by 4.0 percent in 2024. A temporary acceleration to 4.5–5.0 percent growth is projected in 2025, supported by a one-off surge in oil production, export growth,...
Type: ReportReport#: 196872Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Azamat Agaidarov
Malawi’s economic recovery remains fragile due to the slow implementation of macroeconomic adjustment reforms and a series of recent shocks. Food insecurity remains a major concern due to weak harvests...
Type: ReportReport#: 196851Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Jakob Engel ;
Anwar Mussa ;
Efrem Zephnath Chilima ;
Tsolmon Adiya ;
Martin Lokanc ;
Lina Marcela Cardona ;
Innocent Njati Banda ;
Miles McKenna ;
Charles Douglas Douglas-Hamilton ;
Krista Alexandra Soininen
This paper investigates the role of gender bias in artificial intelligence–driven analyses of citizen participation, using data from the 2023 Latinobarómetro Survey. The paper proposes that gender bias—whether...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11046Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Jose Antonio Cuesta Leiva ;
Natalia Pecorari
The Country Opinion Survey in Laos People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Laos PDR perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with...
Type: ReportReport#: 196853Date: January 27, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Building Code Checklist for Universal
Accessibility provides a systematic approach
to review building code provisions, with a
focus on universal accessibility in the built
environment and ensure consideration...
Type: ReportReport#: 196875Date: January 27, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Budget Committee and the Committee on Development Effectiveness (the Committees) met to consider the IEG FY26 Work Program and Budget and FY27-28 Indicative Plan. The Committees expressed strong support...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 197348Date: January 27, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report outlines the actions undertaken to support Croatia’s Ministry of Labor, Pension System, Family, and Social Policy (MLPSFSP) in making the system for monitoring deinstitutionalization (DI) operational....
Type: ReportReport#: 196867Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Ivan Drabek ;
Vlad Alexandru Grigoras ;
Cosmin Briciu ;
Zamfira, Razvan
The composition of flora and fauna in low-lying coastal regions worldwide is being altered by sea-level rise in a changing climate, favoring saline-tolerant species. These shifts are projected to have...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11048Date: January 27, 2025Author:
Brian Blankespoor ;
Susmita Dasgupta ;
Huq,Mainul ;
Khan,Zahirul Huque ;
Mustafa,Md. Golam ;
Wheeler,David
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