A new report from the World Bank Group focuses on the trends in foreign direct investment (FDI), which encompasses foreign investment in new or existing firms and production facilities. FDI is a subset...
Type: ReportReport#: 186675Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Area Yield Index Insurance (AYII) tool serves as a capacity-building resource, empowering World Bank client countries to gain a deeper understanding of the intricacies involved in insurance contract...
Type: ReportReport#: 202413Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Iturrioz, Ramiro ;
Pelletier, Bertrand Roger Jean ;
So, Lai Ming
Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) are customized advisory services offered by the World Bank to both borrowing and graduate members. RAS are requested and paid by clients through their own or third-party...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 197985Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
This third Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA3)—undertaken jointly by the World Bank, the Government of Ukraine, the European Commission, and the United Nations and supported by other partners—takes...
Type: ReportReport#: 187700Date: December 31, 2023Author:
European Union ;
Nations, United ;
Ukraine, Government of ;
World Bank
Cameroon remains at high risk of debt distress while its overall debt sustainability indicators have been broadly stable compared to the previous debt sustainability analysis (DSA) report published in...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 188214Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The remittance flows to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) increased by an estimated 3.8 percent in 2023. This represents a slowdown in growth after the sharp increases in 2021–2022. The remittance...
Type: BriefReport#: 193029Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Chandra, Vandana ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Plaza, Sonia ;
Ratha, Dilip ;
Shaw, William
The demographic transition accompanied by the epidemiological transition, evidenced by the change in the health profile of the Brazilian population, brings important challenges to the Unified Health System....
Type: ReportReport#: 190178Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Andrade, Fabiola Bof de ;
Duarte, Yeda Aparecida ;
Ferreira, Matheus Souza ;
Guerra Junior, Augusto Afonso ;
Iunes, Roberto ;
Schiesari, Laura ;
Silva, Leonardo Vinicius Dias da
The availability of poverty statistics at local levels of administration is critical for effective poverty reduction policy planning. The Bhutan Living Standards Survey (BLSS), a national representative...
Type: ReportReport#: 195908Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
User Submitted Abstract : The state and peacebuilding fund (SPF) is the World Bank’s largest multi-donor trust fund providing catalytic financing to prevent conflict, support rapid crisis response, and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 191560Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Sightsavers welcome the recognition up front in the strategy about the importance of intersectionality, including gender and disability, and the mentions of disability throughout the strategy in key areas...
Type: BriefReport#: 192323Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The importance of chronic diseases in Uruguay have
been widely reported and analyzed in multiple studies
and reports. Their impact on mortality and high cost
have been determining factors in the development...
Type: ReportReport#: 189162Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Arbeloa, Pablo ;
Bonapelch, Soledad ;
Gosis, Jorge ;
López, Oscar ;
Perazzo, Alfredo ;
Pérez, Luis ;
Romero, Daniela
Adolescence is a dynamic period of biological development and social change, and also a period when adolescent girls are at risk of school dropout, early marriage, pregnancy, and gender-based violence....
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 189318Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
GovTech is a whole-of-government approach that promotes simple, efficient and transparent government with the citizen at the center of reforms. While earlier e-government programs focused on building IT...
Type: ReportReport#: 185056Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Biletska, Nataliya ;
Davenport, Stephen R. ;
Fares, Lina ;
Handley, Geoff ;
Kallaur, Emily Noel Gosse ;
Khanji, Tala ;
Kumagai, Saki ;
Sylla, Dolele
Nicaragua remains at moderate risk of external and overall debt distress with some space to absorb shocks. Under the baseline scenario, external debt burden indicators remain below the threshold reflecting...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 188412Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Livestock is fundamental to national economies and households’ welfare in Sahel countries. The Sahel is very prone to droughts and shifting climatic patterns. Drought costs in the Sahel region are extremely...
Type: ReportReport#: 192834Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Banerjee, Rupsha ;
Dicko, Tenin Fatimata ;
Fava, Francesco ;
Jensen, Nathan ;
Kahiu, Njoki ;
Nombre, Apollinaire ;
Plevin, John Luke
The overall and external debt of the Republic of Congo are classified as in distress, reflecting the ongoing restructuring and audit of domestic arrears, as well as the recurrent accumulation of temporary...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 188213Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The World Bank's 2023 Sustainability Review reflects on the work of the World Bank’s operations and corporate sustainability initiatives over fiscal year 2022–23 through the lens of the World Bank Core...
Type: ReportReport#: 188078Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Global Data Facility (GDF) is a pioneering global funding mechanism that plays a pivotal role in facilitating sustainable and transformative improvements in data systems and data capital in low- and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 187976Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report presents the World Bank’s findings from Phase 1, including the review of PCIC’s operations, the roadmap, and recommendations for strengthening and reforming agricultural insurance in the Philippines....
Type: ReportReport#: 186935Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The global transition to clean energy must accelerate if global warming is to be limited to 1.5°C and the effects of climate change mitigated. For the energy sector, the transition involves replacing fossil...
Type: ReportReport#: 187185Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Dobrotková, Zuzana ;
Fichaux, Nicolas Raymond Jean ;
Pargal, Sheoli
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