As countries and international partners
gear toward catalyzing the power of EdTech to unlock
learning, a need has risen for better information to support
EdTech policy...
Type: BriefReport#: 183288Date: June 26, 2023Author:
World Bank
The brief is the second in a series of
five briefs that investigate different aspects of the jobs
and economic recovery process from the COVID 19 pandemic
Nepal. It...
Type: BriefReport#: 183559Date: June 26, 2023Author:
World Bank
Using phone survey data collected in
Belize, Dominica, Haiti, and Saint Lucia in 2021, this note
presents recent evidence on natural disaster risk exposure
and preparedness...
This study aims to better understand the
role of cash transfers to support recovery and resilience
efforts in Fiji. It was conducted in Ba, Rakiri, Tavua, and
Korovou...
Type: BriefReport#: 183183Date: June 23, 2023Author:
World Bank
Cyber violence against women has been
rising at alarming rates in recent decades. Such acts not
only harm women as individuals but have severe detrimental
effects on...
Type: BriefReport#: 183241Date: June 22, 2023Author:
Affoum,Nelsy Reyhanne Marikel ;
Isabel Micaela Santagostino Recavarren ;
Vohra,Nayantara ;
Wodon,Quentin T.
On June 22, 2023, the World Bank Group
(WBG) held a discussion with representatives of the Uruguay
National Gender Council on the WBG Gender Strategy 2024-2030
in Montevideo,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192256Date: June 22, 2023Author:
World Bank
The proposed diagnostic fills a void
between widely available quantitative indicators and
detailed diagnostics of the capacity of an NSS. Statistical
capacity can readily...
Type: BriefReport#: 184063Date: June 22, 2023Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Shearing,Matthew ;
Danielewitz,Thomas
Ulaanbaatar is the largest city in
Mongolia, housing nearly half of the country’s
population. From 2001 to 2019, the city grew from 780,000
people to 1.45 million,...
Type: BriefReport#: 183076Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Indonesia is undergoing a major and
rapid structural transformation into an urban manufacturing,
and service-based economy. About 158 million people, 57
percent of Indonesians,...
Type: BriefReport#: 183074Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Global Smart City Partnership
Program (GSCP) was launched in 2018 with an objective to
support the World Bank Group (WBG) teams and clients in
developing smart city...
Type: BriefReport#: 183072Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
On June 21, 2023, the World Bank Group
(WBG) held a virtual discussion with The Platform for
Collaboration on Tax (PCT) Partners Working Group. This
included representatives...
Type: BriefReport#: 192261Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Morocco is currently in a relatively
advanced stage of its urbanization due to rural emigration
and the rapid growth of its urban population in the last
decades. 23...
Type: BriefReport#: 183078Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
The armed conflict in El Salvador during
the 1980 and 1990s left lasting impacts on the country.
Today, there are an estimated 250,000 persons with
disabilities in El...
Type: BriefReport#: 183073Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Jordan is progressive and relatively
advanced in terms of digital economy and e-government in the
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Greater Amman
Municipality...
Type: BriefReport#: 183075Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
This is the second in a series of three
technical briefs produced by the World Bank’s
Poverty and Equity Global Practice to share results of a
multi-country data...
Type: BriefReport#: 183035Date: June 21, 2023Author:
World Bank
Municipalities are facing a dual
challenge of a complicated planning landscape and a
fragmented financing environment. They are required to
prepare, implement, and ...
Type: BriefReport#: 182945Date: June 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
The lack of local capacity is often
sighted across Bulgaria and the European Union (EU) as a
reason for slow absorption rates or slow progress toward
development re...
Type: BriefReport#: 182947Date: June 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
City plans clearly don’t
reflect realistic population projections, and most plans
seem to encourage even greater sprawl and will require
significant capital ...
Type: BriefReport#: 182943Date: June 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
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