Between 2018 and 2021, the country was
beset by multiple crises: severe droughts in 2018 and 2021,
escalating violence, and the COVID-19 pandemic,
fundamentally affected...
On November 8, 2023, the World Bank
Group held a consultation on the proposed World Bank Group
Gender Strategy 2024-2030, with twelve representatives from
various civil...
Type: BriefReport#: 192223Date: November 8, 2023Author:
World Bank
Malaysia’s Budget 2021 comes
at an especially challenging time. COVID-19 has triggered a
global economic shock greater than anything the world
economy has seen...
Type: BriefReport#: 185713Date: November 7, 2023Author:
World Bank
On November 7, 2023, the World Bank
Group (WBG) held a consultation on the proposed gender
strategy 2024-2030 with representatives from the
International Monetary Fund...
Type: BriefReport#: 192225Date: November 7, 2023Author:
World Bank
Using Disaster Risk Financing to Build
Adaptive Social Protection in Malawi has been prepared by
the Finance, Competitiveness & Innovation Global
Practice’s Crisis,...
Type: BriefReport#: 185687Date: November 7, 2023Author:
World Bank
This budget brief presents a summary of
developments in Myanmar’s public finances. This
report includes three sections that cover the aggregate
fiscal update,...
Faster and more inclusive growth is
needed for Nigeria to make significant progress towards
reducing poverty. Addressing the sizable gender gaps and the
drivers that...
Type: BriefReport#: 185880Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Amolegbe,Khadijat Busola ;
Brudevold-Newman,Andrew Peter ;
Fashogbon,Ayodele Emmanuel ;
Geist,Amy Elizabeth Copley ;
Vaillant,Julia
Teach is an open access classroom
observation tool that provides a window into one of the less
explored and most important aspects of student learning:
what goes on...
Type: BriefReport#: 185623Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This year holds special significance as
the midpoint in implementation of the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). With each step closer to the end
of the SDG implementation...
Type: BriefReport#: 192839Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Andrews,Kathryn Gilman ;
Sharma,Jigyasa
Convergence is the merging or coming
together of separate elements. In the realm of social
protection, this translates into the effective coordination
and alignment...
Type: BriefReport#: 186225Date: November 1, 2023Author:
Saidi,Mira ;
Santamaria Ruiz,Claudia
The GEF-funded, World Bank-led Global
Wildlife Program (GWP) completed a global survey to
understand the context behind increasing attention by
governments to the issue...
Type: BriefReport#: 185989Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
As Viet Nam's economy still faces
headwinds, the authorities could consider extending the
implementation of the economic support program (2022-2023)
into next year to...
Type: BriefReport#: 186479Date: November 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The industrial production index grew by
2.89 percent m/m (SA) in October, due to the continued
recovery of manufacturing exports. However, prospects remain
fragile as...
Type: BriefReport#: 185941Date: October 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
The COVID-19 pandemic washed over
Türkiye at the beginning of March 2020, resulting
in widespread school closures for an extended period. During
this time, widespread...
Type: BriefReport#: 186940Date: October 31, 2023Author:
Bathanti,Jacob J ;
Abdul-Hamid,Husein
The Education Finance Watch (EFW) is a
collaborative effort among the World Bank (WB), the Global
Education Monitoring (GEM) Report, and the UNESCO Institute
of Statistics...
Type: BriefReport#: 185596Date: October 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Redevelopment of Lautoka Hospital and Ba
Hospital is the first Public Private Partnership (PPP) to be
implemented in Fiji. These upgrades represent a major
milestone...
Type: BriefReport#: 185814Date: October 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Growth moderated to 7.2 percent in
FY22-23. The post-COVID rebound faded, and the government
consolidated recurrent spending. Growth is projected to
decline further...
Type: BriefReport#: 191896Date: October 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
Climate change disproportionately
impacts people living in poverty, threatening to plunge more
than 130 million more people into extreme poverty by the end
of this decade....
Type: BriefReport#: 185495Date: October 30, 2023Author:
Costella,Cecilia Valentina ;
Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter ;
Donoghoe,Manann ;
Giron Pena,Liz De Los Milagros
Between October 25 and 30, 2023, the
World Bank Group conducted a series of consultations in
India on the proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy
2024-2030. These...
Type: BriefReport#: 192204Date: October 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
The economy continued its moderate
expansion, driven by private consumption and improving goods
exports. However, the tourism recovery decelerated.
Inflation remained...
Type: BriefReport#: 185494Date: October 25, 2023Author:
World Bank
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