Pakistan is at a critical decision point. While there have been recent important examples of reform progress, economic policies over past years and decades have had overall negative impacts on sustainability,...
Type: ReportReport#: 188668Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report presents the landscape for science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education and careers in Sri Lanka. It proposes education
policies and STEM education status by gender at...
Type: ReportReport#: 202284Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Transport must be decarbonized if climate commitments are to be met. Colombia is a leader in the adoption of electric vehicles in Latin America. However, the growth of the electric vehicles (EV) market...
Type: BriefReport#: 186677Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Vasquez Suarez, Claudia Ines ;
Magnasco, Roberto Luis Estevez ;
Torres, Arcenio
IFC is working to develop solutions to close the micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSME) financing gap, collaborating with 129 financial institutions (FIs) across 39 International Development Association...
Type: BriefReport#: 192943Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Hommes, Martin ;
Sorokina, Aksinya
This guide identifies what makes a PFM system responsive to nutrition needs, and what actions can be taken to develop a reform program in a capacity constrained context. Across the stages in the budgetcycle...
Type: ReportReport#: 201729Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Piatti-Fünfkirchen, Moritz ;
Shibata Okamura, Kyoko ;
Subandoro, Ali Winoto ;
Williamson, Timothy
Remittance Prices Worldwide (RPW) monitors remittance prices across all geographic regions of the world. Launched in September 2008, RPW monitors the cost incurred by remitters when sending money along...
Type: ReportReport#: 201950Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Cambodia remains at low risk of external and overall debt distress under the low-income countries’ debt sustainability framework (LIC-DSF). The current debt-carrying capacity remains consistent with a...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 187851Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The proposed assessment will have a narrower scope than a typical Poverty Assessment, primarily due to data limitations. The World Bank’s Poverty Assessment typically requires data from a nationally representative...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 188518Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Grievance Redress Service (GRS) is a management-led grievance redress mechanism, housed in the World Bank’s Operations Policy and Country Services (OPCS) Vice-Presidency. Launched in 2015, the GRS...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 186906Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
This Debt Management Facility (DMF) newsletter includes the following headings: feature stories: reform priorities for tackling debt; regional training on the LIC-DSF; DMF technical assistance and training;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 202314Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
In 2013, the World Bank Group (WBG) made the elimination of extreme poverty by 2030 a central institutional goal, consistent with the first sustainable development goal (SDG1). To help inform action towards...
Type: ReportReport#: 185950Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Extractives Global Programmatic Support (EGPS) multi donor trust fund helps resource-dependent developing countries manage their oil, gas, and mining resources to support poverty reduction and boost...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 187594Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Due to global warming, the climate in most regions, especially Africa, is predicted to become more variable, and extreme weather events are expected to be more frequent and severe. These include increasing...
Type: ReportReport#: 189252Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Appiah, Margaret ;
Aryee, Jeffrey Nii Armah ;
Dovie, Benjamin Delali ;
Dwomoh, Duah ;
Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli ;
Kumi, Naomi
The objective of this note is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the Brazilian pension system through an equity lens. This focus is important, because fairness and equity of the pension system are...
The importance of Chronic Disease (CD) in Uruguay has been widely analyzed for many years and in multiple studies and reports1, 2, 3. Its impact on mortality and its high cost of care was decisive in creating...
Type: ReportReport#: 190937Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Arbeloa, Pablo ;
Bonapelch, Soledad ;
Gosis, Jorge ;
López, Oscar ;
Pérez, Luis ;
Romero, Daniela
The proposed assessment will have a narrower scope than a typical Poverty Assessment, primarily due to data limitations. The World Bank’s Poverty Assessment typically requires data from a nationally representative...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 188518Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Georgia country private sector diagnostic (CPSD) report provides a comprehensive overview and common platform for policy makers, the private sector, and World Bank Group institutions to address the...
Type: Country Private Sector DiagnosticsReport#: 188190Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Dolidze, Mariam ;
Freinkman, Lev ;
Gigiberia, Thea ;
Grigorian, Karen ;
Kokaia, Irina ;
Tsivadze, Natalia ;
Vybornaia, Olga
Financial analysis is used to determine an operation’s financial viability from the perspective of the implementing entity (this may not always be the borrowing entity). It focuses on cash inflows and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193775Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report summarizes the findings of an in-depth analysis of three important agricultural value chains in Sierra Leone – rice, cocoa, and horticulture. The aim is to support the Ministry of Agriculture...
Type: ReportReport#: 200969Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Sebastian, Ashwini Rekha ;
Gyasi, Kadir Osman ;
Omamo, Steven Were ;
Navas, Luis Flores ;
Kormawa, Patrick ;
Kaindaneh, Peter ;
Ahmed, Hanane ;
Gautam, Madhur ;
Pernechele, Valentina ;
Yerovi, Juan Egas ;
Braima, Samuel ;
Root, Christopher
Despite Bhutan’s distinctive geographical and economic challenges, Bhutan has maintained a relatively high average real GDP growth rate of 8.8 percent over FY00-01-FY09-10, which is greater than the average...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 183578Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Alvarez, Daniel ;
Etang Ndip, Alvin ;
Ghosh, Rangeet ;
Hervera, Matias Ramon ;
Khan, Nazmus Sadat ;
Kumar, Rajiv ;
Mallberg, Michel Ragnvald ;
Mastruzzi, Massimo ;
Miningou, Elise Wendlassida ;
Paladino, Juan Pablo ;
Rahman, A.N.M. Mustafizur ;
Trost, Melanie Simone ;
Yoshino, Yutaka
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