The Bangladesh economy has undergone
important structural shifts, and the industrial sector has
become a large contributor to growth and employment. The
Export Competitiveness...
Type: BriefReport#: 186719Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The World Bank helped Bangladesh to test
and treat COVID-19 cases by mobilizing critical supplies
including ventilators, oxygen concentrators, testing kits
and hospital...
Type: BriefReport#: 186683Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
In the backdrop of
Bangladesh’s vision to achieve upper
middle-income status by 2031, efficient river management
will play a key role. The Government of Bangladesh...
Type: BriefReport#: 186697Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Due to its unique geographical position,
Bangladesh is exposed to extreme weather events like
cyclones, floods, and droughts as well as climate change.
Prior to this...
Type: BriefReport#: 186725Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh is extremely vulnerable to
the effects of climate change. Projected increase in
temperatures can lead to more intense and unpredictable
rainfalls during the...
Type: BriefReport#: 186691Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cambodia aspires to become an upper
middle income country by 2030 and a high income country by
2050. To reach this development aspiration, a set of
policies and strategies...
Type: BriefReport#: 187721Date: January 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection discusses a
proposal for a comprehensive healthcare management model for
individuals with multiple chronic conditions and their
caregivers in...
The Multi-Partner Fund (MPF) for Somalia
established in 2013, has been the primary source of -
financing for the World Bank Group’s (WBG) early
reengagement in...
Type: BriefReport#: 192775Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Green bonds help to finance sustainable,
climate-smart projects with a positive environmental impact,
with the goal to speed the transition to a low-carbon
economy....
Type: BriefReport#: 188295Date: 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...
Type: BriefReport#: 186677Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Vasquez Suarez,Claudia Ines ;
Estevez Magnasco,Roberto Luis ;
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 192943Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Hommes,Martin ;
Sorokina,Aksinya
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,
which began February 24, 2022, has caused significant
civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure and
productive assets, and...
Type: BriefReport#: 187897Date: 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...
Type: BriefReport#: 193029Date: December 31, 2023Author:
Ratha,Dilip Kumar ;
Chandra,Vandana ;
Kim,Eung Ju ;
Plaza,Sonia ;
Shaw,William
Sightsavers welcome the recognition up
front in the strategy about the importance of
intersectionality, including gender and disability, and the
mentions of disability...
Type: BriefReport#: 192323Date: December 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The eagerness with which governments
across the world rushed to digitize their court systems
during the COVID-19 pandemic might create an impression that
new technologies...
Type: BriefReport#: 186855Date: December 22, 2023Author:
Maroz,Raman ;
Popova,Oleksandra ;
Santiago Satizábal Acosta
This policy brief addresses the impact
of climate migration on urban areas, emphasizing the need
for research and data, and collaborative multilevel
governance to support...
Type: BriefReport#: 193091Date: December 19, 2023Author:
Rosengärtner, Sarah Katharina ;
De Sherbinin,Alexander Michael ;
Stojanov,Robert
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown that
public health emergencies can have devastating impacts on
health and essential health services, education,
inequalities, and economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 172936Date: December 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
About half of Brazil’s
wastewater goes untreated, a situation that creates
significant health and environmental problems. To achieve
the benefits of formal sanitation...
Type: BriefReport#: 186990Date: December 18, 2023Author:
Castaneda Nunez,Jorge Luis ;
Brescianini,Juliana Neves Soares ;
Finamor Pfeifer,Flora ;
De Carvalho Marques,Murilo ;
Correia Santos,Leonardo Gill ;
Dill,Helena Cristina
This Brief presents data collected by
the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law
(WBL) project on legal and supportive frameworks to curb
domestic violence...
Coaching is used in 90 percent of
economic inclusion programs and is increasingly seen as a
critical component of such interventions (Andrews et al.
2021). It is a cross-cutting...
Type: BriefReport#: 186386Date: December 15, 2023Author:
Sumanthiran,Shilohni Kanchana ;
Roelen,Keetie
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