There is unprecedented interest among
developing countries to attract private investment into
infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national
demand. Today,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176596Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
There is unprecedented interest among
developing countries to attract private investment into
infrastructure and basic services to meet growing national
demand. Today,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176595Date: October 5, 2022Author:
Jones, Andrew
Deepening assistance to governments in
South Asia to reduce disaster risks by convening not only
the deep technical expertise required, but also addressing
system-wide...
Type: BriefReport#: 176550Date: October 4, 2022Author:
Hadad-Zervos,Faris H.
Though located in various oceans, many
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) share a major common
feature: they are among the most exposed nations to natural
hazards...
Type: BriefReport#: 176549Date: October 4, 2022Author:
World Bank
Across Africa, agriculture is a primary
sector of employment, and African women provide about 40
percent of the agricultural labor across the continent. Yet
women farmers...
Type: BriefReport#: 176551Date: October 4, 2022Author:
World Bank
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has
launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to
track the impacts of...
This report aims to support policy
makers in their efforts to address plastic pollution. By
examining the economic, social and financial implications of
plastic management,...
Type: BriefReport#: 176522Date: October 2, 2022Author:
Arri,Delphine ;
Peszko,Grzegorz ;
Aime,Milagros Cecilia ;
Dim,Jennifer Uju ;
Grotmann-Hoefling,Jan Philipp ;
Xie,Jian
The Plastic Substitution Tradeoff
Estimator compares the costs and benefits of 10 plastics
products with up to 4 alternatives that are currently
available in the market....
Type: BriefReport#: 176537Date: October 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
The Plastics Policy Simulator (PPS) is
the first technology financial model for policy makers to
estimate how firms and households will react to various
plastic policy...
Type: BriefReport#: 176523Date: October 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
The growing impact of climate change on
the design and operations of dams and the inherent
complexity of dam projects (often multi-purpose) require the
capacity to adopt...
Yemen’s urban infrastructure
is highly vulnerable to floods and other climate shocks. The
World Bank is helping the country restore critical urban
infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 180306Date: October 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
The main insights of this note are as
follows: first, to significantly reduce poverty higher
budgets for safety net interventions are needed, and
expanding coverage...
Type: BriefReport#: 177790Date: October 1, 2022Author:
Schnitzer,Pascale ;
Della Guardia,Anne Chartron ;
Lake,Milli May
This note was produced to help public
and private sector actors including governments,
foundations, financial institutions, and investors, learn
more about blended finance...
Type: BriefReport#: 180245Date: October 1, 2022Author:
Liaplina,Aleksandra ;
Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia
Smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan
Africa face an array of challenges to realizing higher
profits from their agricultural activities, including lack
of adequate storage...
Type: BriefReport#: 177492Date: October 1, 2022Author:
Delavallade,Clara Anne ;
Godlonton, Susan
The Next Generation Africa Climate
Business Plan (NGACBP), launched in 2020, provides a
platform to further galvanize climate action by
prioritizing its focus on Sub-Saharan...
Type: BriefReport#: 181848Date: October 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
Yemen’s urban infrastructure
is highly vulnerable to floods and other climate shocks. The
World Bank is helping the country restore critical urban
infrastructure...
Type: BriefReport#: 180213Date: October 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
There is currently a major focus on
digitization within African countries, with the interest of,
on the one hand, increasing efficiency and lowering the
cost-of-service...
Type: BriefReport#: 177338Date: October 1, 2022Author:
Hobson,Emma Sameh Wadie ;
Kilfoil,Craig Patrick ;
Martin,Andrea
In FY18-22, Luxembourg provided
cumulative funding of close to thirteen million to support
IFC Advisory Services. Luxembourg supported various IFC
programs focused on...
Type: BriefReport#: 188270Date: October 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.