Climate change and its impacts on power
systems often mean more frequent power outages and repairs,
which raise maintenance costs and pose other challenges. Yet
proactive...
Type: BriefReport#: 175952Date: September 13, 2022Author:
Schweikert,Amy Elizabeth ;
Ramstein,Celine Sarah Marie ;
Nicolas,Claire Marion
This document summarizes the main
findings from the follow-up surveys in Zimbabwe. Business
owners and top managers of 960 firms were interviewed
between July 2016 and...
Type: BriefReport#: 191309Date: September 12, 2022Author:
World Bank
Women with disabilities face additional
barriers to their participation in the economy and society
compared to men, with and without disabilities, and relative
to nondisabled...
Type: BriefReport#: 176410Date: September 11, 2022Author:
Braunmiller,Julia Constanze ;
Dry,Marie Jeanne Charlotte
Pakistan’s urban areas face a
looming housing crisis: forty-seven percent of households
live in over-crowded housing units in informal settlements
(katchi abadis)...
Irregular migration from Africa to
Europe attracts substantial policy attention. Although
international migration can enable people from developing
countries to dramatically...
Type: BriefReport#: 175680Date: September 5, 2022Author:
Bah,Tijan L ;
Batista,Catia ;
Gubert,Flore ;
Mckenzie,David J.
The purpose of this study is to assess
the differences between older men and women (aged sixty and
above) residing in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area in order to
better...
Type: BriefReport#: 175710Date: September 5, 2022Author:
Prachuabmoh,Vipan
Thailand is widely considered
progressive among developing and middle-income countries
regarding the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual,
transgender, or intersex (LGBTI+)...
Type: BriefReport#: 175711Date: September 5, 2022Author:
Sirachadapong, Jitlada ;
Withisupakorn,Nattapong
Since the Coronavirus (COVID-19)
outbreak in January 2020,plastic pollution around the world
has signicantly increased with substantial demand for
Personal Protective...
Type: BriefReport#: 172795Date: September 4, 2022Author:
World Bank
The economic empowerment of forcibly
displaced women (FDW) can contribute to greater resilience
and improved livelihoods for both displaced people and host
communities....
Type: BriefReport#: 178113Date: September 1, 2022Author:
Hemenway,Daniel Roe ;
Kalidi,Djeina Issa ;
Lundvall,Jonna Maria
The European Commission (EC) is one of
IFC’s most important development partners and
currently supports IFC in many countries around the world.
Between FY18-22,...
Type: BriefReport#: 188279Date: September 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
The gender wage gap in Thailand is much
less significant than in most countries in the world. The
average hourly wage among female workers, in fact, slightly
surpasses...
Type: BriefReport#: 175884Date: September 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
The Netherlands is amongst
IFC’s largest donors, with over 214 million
contribution in the last four years. The Netherlands is one
of the few partners that contributes...
Type: BriefReport#: 188269Date: September 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
IFC maintains strong relations with BIO,
the Belgian development finance institution (DFI). The two
institutions have common development goals and objectives
and play...
Type: BriefReport#: 188259Date: September 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
Myanmar’s international trade
increased between April and September 2022, compared with
the six months to March 2022 and the six months to September
2021. Garment...
Type: BriefReport#: 178948Date: September 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
When youth employment organizations have
well established Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)
processes, they are able to make evidence-based decisions
around project alterations,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180860Date: September 1, 2022Author:
Singh,Sunamika ;
Datta,Namita
Pakistan is currently facing a triple
burden of malnutrition with unabated rates of
undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies along with
overweight and obesity. Malnutrition...
Type: BriefReport#: 175636Date: August 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
This brief focuses on the economic
development in Vietnam as of September 2022. Economic
recovery has continued despite heightened economic
uncertainties regarding higher...
Type: BriefReport#: 176043Date: August 31, 2022Author:
World Bank
As climate change results in recurrent
and more frequent natural disasters, each calamity proves
instructional for the future. The author summarizes the
lessons learned...
Type: BriefReport#: 176248Date: August 31, 2022Author:
Ghorpade,Yashodhan
Women in Ethiopia bear a
disproportionate burden of childcare responsibilities,
spending approximately eight times the amount of time that
men do on childcare. Childcare...
Type: BriefReport#: 176330Date: August 31, 2022Author:
Brudevold-Newman,Andrew Peter ;
Buehren,Niklas ;
Gebremedhin,Roman Tesfaye ;
Hailemicheal,Adiam Hagos ;
Ketema,Tigist Assefa
While the Turkish Cypriot community
(TCc) has made stride in narrowing gender gaps in education,
the labor market is characterized by women’s low
participation...
Type: BriefReport#: 175633Date: August 31, 2022Author:
Tinjic,Goran
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