https://olc.worldbank.org/system/files/Action%20plan%20presentations%20-%20Palestine%20.pdf
GAZA ACTIONS AND MILESTONES 95% 76.00% 0% 0 2.50% 53% 100% 20% 30% 15% Coverage of residential areas Coverage by JSCs House separation of SW Materials recycling (%) Composting of organic materials (%) Coverage of sanitary landfills Solid Waste in Gaza 2017 (actual) 2022 (target)
https://olc.worldbank.org/print/content/courage-tell-hidden-story
Eman Mohammed is one of the few female photojournalists in the Gaza Strip. Though openly shunned by many of her male colleagues, she is given unprecedented access to areas denied to men. In this short, visual talk, the TED Fellow critiques gender norms in her community by bringing light to hidden stories.
https://olc.worldbank.org/print/content/citizen-engagement-palestinian-cash-transfer-program
When 1 out of every 4 lives below the poverty line in Palestine and the poverty rate reaches almost 40% in Gaza, the Cash Transfer Program remains essential in breaking out the cycle of poverty. The Palestinian Cash Transfer Program was scaled up to introduce a more digital database linked to an interactive mapping system in order to optimize ...
• Gaza – Crisis in 2014, voucher platform used to channel humanitarian assistance (300,000 people) • Cards uploaded to serve 84,000 people with water and sanitation items, and 14,000 children received school uniforms • Lebanon – Coverage 882,850 people in October 2014 alone (75% of refugees)
https://olc.worldbank.org/print/content/power-cartoons
In a series of witty punchlines, Patrick Chappatte makes a poignant case for the power of the humble cartoon. His projects in Lebanon, West Africa and Gaza show how, in the right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unlikely people together.
include the largest solar project in the West Bank and Gaza and a US$68 million investment in STG Cement in Myanmar. MIGA’s gross exposure in FCVaffected- countries grew from US$700 million at end-FY13 to US$1.7 billion as of January 2018, a 143 percent increase. Recent examples of projects supported include
https://olc.worldbank.org/system/files/WBLSavingForOldAgeFINALWEB.pdf
Women, Business and the Law finds that of 91 economies that have mandatory contributory pension schemes for private sector workers, 67 provide equal retire-ment ages for men and women, with an average retirement age of 62. Most high-income and upper-middle-income economies have moved in the direction of equalizing and raising retirement ages.
https://olc.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/Leite%20-%20Poverty%20targeting_0.pdf
Basic Concepts of Targeting Gains from targeting Targeting helps improving cost-effectiveness by channeling resources for a target group To equalize quality or provide enriched quality to demand- constraint households. For example For SSN, demand can be infinite (for cash) or up to saturation (in-kind) which implies a need for targeting
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PMT-based social registries Measuring income and poverty using Proxy Means Tests OVERVIEW This%document%will%serveas%anintroductiontoproxy%means%testing(PMT).%
https://olc.worldbank.org/system/files/DB19%20GC%20presentation_Webinar%20Feb%202019.pdf
Training for Reform Development Economics │Global Indicators February 5, 2019 Nadine Abi Chakra Edgar Chavez Position Department. ... West Bank and Gaza. Zambia. 42 economies score 8 out of 8 on the depth of credit information index in 2017/18: 19 economies implemented reforms improving their credit