Most power utilities in West Africa are not ?nancially sustainable. Several interrelated factors cause these performance issues, but dependence on liquid fuels, poor governance, insufficient use of information...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 200234Date: April 18, 2025Author:
Rana, Anshul ;
Detomasi, Jose Andres ;
Bui, Isabelle ;
Wu, Jingyi
This Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report presents a rapid estimate of the direct economic damage to physical assets (building and infrastructure) from the moment magnitude (Mw)...
Type: ReportReport#: 201127Date: April 18, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the past decade, Croatia has demonstrated significant progress in economic development and improvement in living standards for its citizens. Economic performance during this period, including the...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: CPF0000029Date: April 18, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Provincial Investment Climate Assessment (PICA) is designed to generate employment opportunities and increase private investment in Nepal by stimulating subnational investment climate reforms. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 200528Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Arlet, Jean Nicolas ;
Muco, Sagita ;
Freire, Bruno
The Ukraine Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reform Trust Fund (URTF) has proven to be a well-structured yet flexible instrument that helps leverage grant financing to respond to Ukraine’s massive...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 200558Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Newman, James P. ;
Agostini, Sara ;
Sereda, Liliya ;
Akutsina, Alisa ;
Bihun, Anastasiia ;
Khamudkhanov, Khasankhon ;
Lau, Lisa Li Xi ;
Wadhwa, Baljit
In settings where women’s land rights are informal, the death of a husband can severely limit a widow’s access to land and her ability to remain in her home — especially in the absence of a male heir....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11102Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Botea, Ioana Alexandra ;
Goldstein, Markus ;
Houngbedji,Kenneth ;
Kondylis, Florence ;
O'Sullivan, Michael B. ;
Selod, Harris
Learn more about current conditions in Ukraine through the Listening to Ukraine survey results: https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/ukraine/brief/listening-to-citizens-of-ukraine-survey
Type: BriefReport#: 200578Date: April 17, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper estimates the proportion of workers who would meet the required contribution periods to access a contributory retirement pension in the Dominican Republic. Using microdata from labor histories,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11103Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Apella, Ignacio Raul ;
Zunino,Gonzalo
This paper examines tax revenue shortfalls in South Asian countries. On average during 2019–23, South Asian revenues totaled 18 percent of GDP—well below the average 24 percent among emerging market and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11104Date: April 17, 2025Author:
Kruse, Hagen ;
Ohnsorge, Franziska Lieselotte ;
Tourek, Gabriel Zenon ;
Xie, Zoe Leiyu
In 2021-23, the World Bank conducted regional analytical work under the Support for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Drones) in Projects and Operations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) Advisory Services...
Type: ReportReport#: 193648Date: April 16, 2025Author:
Hinojosa, Fabian ;
Bellas Lamas, Carlos ;
Murgui Maties, Carlos ;
Ormazabal Caballero, Adriana
The report seeks to inform how the country can accelerate nationwide integration into the formal financial system to enable progress in poverty reduction, equality, and other relevant reforms under the...
Type: ReportReport#: 200473Date: April 15, 2025Author:
Yonis, Manex Bule ;
Ambel, Alemayehu A. ;
Di Salvo, Francesco ;
Rawlins, Marlon Rolston
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.
