Guinea presents a double paradox. It is a rich country whose people are extremely poor. Its people are united and not prone to communal conflict, but political elites have used a rhetoric of “winner-take-all,”...
Type: ReportReport#: 183497Date: December 4, 2023Author:
World Bank
This paper uses the synthetic control method to assess the impact of the civil war in the Central African Republic on the main socioeconomic indicators. Based on a donor pool of low-income countries, the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10624Date: December 4, 2023Author:
Mandon, Pierre Jean-Claude ;
Nossek, Vincent Remi ;
Sandjong Tomi, Diderot Guy D Estaing
Notwithstanding slower global growth and lingering impacts of recent catastrophic floods, private sector activity, outside the oil sector, has been supported by a relative return to peace, and higher government...
Type: ReportReport#: 186203Date: December 4, 2023Author:
World Bank
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government of Cameroon launched an
emergency cash transfers program in urban areas. It aimed to mitigate the adverse economic impacts by providing temporary income...
Type: ReportReport#: 186201Date: December 4, 2023Author:
Botea, Ioana Alexandra ;
Ndiaye, Omar
Teach Secondary comes with a suite of complementary resources that are intended to support the use of the tool through every stage of implementation. Please note that the complementary resources are updated...
Type: BriefReport#: 186200Date: December 4, 2023Author:
World Bank
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) proposes that Benin focuses on building a resilient economy, with investment and policy options primarily targeted at adapting to climate change risks....
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 186227Date: December 4, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
The Country Opinion Survey in Nepal assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Nepal perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
Type: ReportReport#: 187698Date: December 2, 2023Author:
World Bank
How will the world’s developing cities become vibrant—capable of meeting the climate, social, and economic challenges of tomorrow? Vibrant cities offer firms and households high expectations for good returns...
Type: ReportReport#: 185074Date: December 2, 2023Author:
Kaw, Jon Kher ;
Lall, Somik V. ;
Murray, Sally Beth ;
Shilpi, Forhad J.
The CEMAC Economic Barometer is a World Bank publication that presents a snapshot of recent developments in and the economic outlook of the CEMAC region, followed by a brief assessment at the country level....
Type: ReportReport#: 186564Date: December 2, 2023Author:
Coulibaly, Amina ;
Doumbia, Djeneba ;
Kaya, Demet ;
Mandon, Pierre Jean-Claude ;
Ndong, Sonia Barbara Ondo ;
Owoundi Fouda, Ferdinand ;
Sandjong Tomi, Diderot Guy D Estaing ;
Tjong, Erick ;
Tsoungui Belinga, Vincent De Paul ;
Utz, Robert Johann ;
Youbi, Marilyne Florence Mafoboue
These remarks were delivered by World Bank Group President, Ajay Banga at High Level Segment Summit on Methane at COP28 in Dubai, UAE on December 2, 2023. He started by mentioning about how Methane is...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 187591Date: December 2, 2023Author:
Banga, Ajay
The Lao PDR is facing unprecedented macroeconomic challenges, which jeopardize hard-won development gains. Over the past two decades, the country attracted considerable foreign investment and fostered...
Type: ReportReport#: 186136Date: December 2, 2023Author:
Drum, Wilfrid Bernard ;
Giblett, Mark Alexander ;
Larson, Bradley Robert ;
Martins, Pedro Miguel Gaspar ;
Viet Anh Nguyen
The Country Opinion Survey in Algeria assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Algeria perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 187838Date: December 2, 2023Author:
World Bank
Knowledge packages (KPs) are short, pragmatic guides on individual topics within EdTech, meant to provide sufficient knowledge and understanding so that non-technical stakeholders can make key planning,...
Type: ReportReport#: 170455Date: December 2, 2023Author:
Freeman, Barbara ;
Martinez, Mabel ;
Montoya, Juliana Raigosa
This 22nd edition of the Uganda Economic Update focuses on a critical component of Uganda’s human capital development: the quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of public spending on education. Spending...
Type: ReportReport#: 187544Date: December 2, 2023Author:
World Bank
Global Migration in the 21st Century: Navigating the Impact of Climate Change, Conflict, and Demographic Shifts Globally, approximately 184 million people, or 2.3 percent of the world population, live...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 186558Date: December 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
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