The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has launched a five-year program, called the National ID Program (NIDP), to introduce a new foundational digital ID system to facilitate access to essential public and...
Type: ReportReport#: 188205Date: March 8, 2024Author:
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 8, 2024Author:
Giriyapura Jayaprakash, Lingaraj ;
Heger, Martin ;
Kondo, Sachiko ;
Kwon, Jihae ;
Nobel, Anne ;
Smytzek, Patrick Alexander ;
Wijeyeratne, Mokshana Nerandika
Zambia is one of the lowest greenhouse gasses (GHG) emitters on the planet; however, the country is already facing the brunt of extreme weather events and consequent loss of physical assets and economic...
Developing countries are facing mounting pressures to incorporate environmental concerns into their policy reform agendas. This paper finds that common environmental policies, such as levying taxes to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10719Date: March 8, 2024Author:
Karayalcin, Cem ;
Onder, Harun
Access to quality diagnostics is essential for both providing effective health care to individuals and advancing broader health policy objectives, such as universal health coverage. For patients, diagnostics...
Type: BriefReport#: 188184Date: March 8, 2024Author:
Bachongy, Karine ;
Brocard, Eva Marie Chloe ;
Douss, Carla Kamal Fawzi ;
Nikiema, Rabietou ;
Porgo, Teegwende Valerie ;
Quansah Amissah, Richard ;
Voncina, Luka ;
Zanamwe, Mazvita
The document collection focuses on the Myanmar Firm Monitoring survey, which is the only nationally representative survey of firms in the country. The survey covers 500 firms across all regions of Myanmar...
Type: ReportReport#: 188359Date: March 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection focuses on the Myanmar Firm Monitoring survey, which is the only nationally representative survey of firms in the country. The survey covers 500 firms across five zones and four...
Type: ReportReport#: 188162Date: March 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
Compared to other regions, Africa’s population is considerably younger. Within Africa, the number of older people is projected to increase at a similarly rapid pace across all subregions from 2022 to 2050....
Recently accepted into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Colombia is an upper-middle-income country experiencing both demographic and epidemiological transitions that are...
Type: ReportReport#: 188164Date: March 7, 2024Author:
Arango Soler, Juan Manuel ;
Toro, Juan Pablo ;
Urquijo Velasquez, Lenis Enrique ;
Valderrama, Jose
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, as of 2011, about 15 percent of the global population suffered from disabilities (WHO 2011). Although more recent estimates are not available, the evidence...
The document collection focuses on the Myanmar Firm Monitoring survey, which is the only nationally representative survey of firms in the country. The survey covers 500 firms across five zones and four...
Type: ReportReport#: 188424Date: March 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
Benin remains at moderate risk of external and overall debt distress, unchanged from the previous debt sustainability analysis (DSA). All projected external debt burden indicators remain below high-risk...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 188160Date: March 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
The following analytical report summarizes the technical notes and presentations prepared by the World Bank and the Workforce Development Center under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Population...
Type: ReportReport#: 188166Date: March 7, 2024Author:
Baikulakov, Shalkar ;
Rigolini, Iamele P. ;
Sanchez-Reaza, Javier ;
Shegenova, Ulpan ;
Shulga, Ivan ;
Shumekov, Dmitry ;
Ustinova, Maria
In October 2019, the Romanian Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests (MEWF) and the World Bank signed an agreement of the Reimbursable Advisory Service (RAS) ‘Technical Support for the Preparation...
Type: ReportReport#: 188173Date: March 6, 2024Author:
World Bank
Country statistical capacity is increasingly recognized as crucial for development, but no academic study exists that reviews the available assessment tools. This paper offers the first review study that...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10717Date: March 6, 2024Author:
Dang, Hai-Anh H. ;
Pullinger, John ;
Serajuddin, Umar ;
Stacy, Brian William
Egypt’s National Climate Change Strategy 2050, launched in May 2022 sets out an ambitious and comprehensive 324-billion-dollar plan to support a stronger, greener Egyptian economy. The Strategy integrates...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 188144Date: March 6, 2024Author:
World Bank
The WB requested hydrometeorological data and reports to INHGA and National MeteorologicalAdministration (ANM) necessary for the hazard modeling and for development of the FHRM. Ultimately, the WB team...
Type: ReportReport#: 188169Date: March 6, 2024Author:
World Bank
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