This report presents a first attempt to systematically investigate how the energy transition can support economic activity and contribute to the creation of jobs while advancing the global decarbonization...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 187196Date: November 30, 2023Author:
Dobrotková, Zuzana ;
Nicolas, Claire Marion ;
Pargal, Sheoli ;
Rojas Romagosa, Hugo Alexander
This CCDR is divided into five chapters: chapter 1 focuses on Kenya’s development context and the risks and opportunities presented by climate change, analyzing the characteristics of key sectors of the...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 185755Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
This report corresponds to Deliverable 1: Report on Institutional Capacity Needs Assessment in the Field of Sustainable Development, under Component 1 of the RAS. The report focuses on assessing the capacity...
Type: ReportReport#: 201019Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
The rooftop solar installation component of the Sindh Solar Energy Project (SSEP) created direct and indirect employment opportunities, with a focus on short-term roles during construction and long-term...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 187192Date: November 30, 2023Author:
Aghababyan, Anna ;
Dobrotková, Zuzana ;
Pargal, Sheoli ;
Pedersen, Anders
The Kosovo Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Project (KEEREP) successfully generated direct and indirect employment opportunities in Kosovo through EE retrofits and related activities. The project...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 187194Date: November 30, 2023Author:
Aghababyan, Anna ;
Dobrotková, Zuzana ;
Pargal, Sheoli ;
Pedersen, Anders
Papua New Guinea (PNG) remains at high risk of debt distress under the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC DSF), with weak debt-carrying capacity. While the planned fiscal consolidation...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 187429Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
The energy transition will entail not only job creation in new clean energy industries but also job losses in incumbent high-emission industries, such as coal extraction and use. Focusing purely on technological...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 187186Date: November 30, 2023Author:
Dobrotková, Zuzana ;
Ferre, Celine ;
Gajderowicz, Tomasz Janusz ;
Pargal, Sheoli
In this paper, we use the introduction of preparatory school classes targeting
six-year-old children in Romania to study if universal, compulsory, public care
provision could increase female employment....
In FY23, Digital Development Partnership (DDP) also continued to leverage the World Bank’s substantial convening power to collaborate with a wide range of partners. This included the drafting of the report...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 192569Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
These low-income countries debt sustainability analysis (LIC-DSA) provides an update of the May 2023 LIC-DSA. The updated LIC-DSA incorporates two new elements: (i) updated macroeconomic assumptions including...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 187445Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
The risk of debt distress rating for Tonga remains high. Before the pandemic, Tonga’s indebtedness had gradually declined from FY20152 to FY2019 owing to much-needed fiscal consolidation. Since 2020, however,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 186106Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
The purpose of the Guidelines is to set out the expectations of the Banking Supervisor in relation to the identification, measurement, management, control and disclosure of ESG risks and the integration...
Type: ReportReport#: 202627Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
Garment exports from Myanmar have grown rapidly over the past decade, aided by preferential market access in key markets and relatively cheap labor. The garment industry is an important source of employment...
Type: ReportReport#: 186108Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
This Background Note to the Kenya Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) highlights the urgent need to scale access to clean cooking in order to reduce energy poverty and mitigate climate change....
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 186127Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank Group
This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ updated calendar for the period from November 2023 to January 2024, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 186199Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
Some 418 million children worldwide receive at least one school meal per day. However, in developing countries, most school meals are prepared using rudimentary, polluting biomass stove-and-fuel combinations,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 186093Date: November 30, 2023Author:
Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP)
Significant scale-up of clean energy, such as renewable energy and energy efficiency, is the most important component of worldwide efforts to address climate change and increase energy access. As clean...
The objective of this Country Program Evaluation (CPE) is to assess how well
the World Bank Group supported Ethiopia in addressing key challenges that
constrained its development and how that support adapted...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 186197Date: November 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
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