Macro shocks like COVID-19, geopolitical turmoil and extreme weather events have hit
economies hard. This reduces the funds that can be allocated to new infrastructure and highlights the need for governments...
Type: BriefReport#: 183897Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Women entrepreneurs in Tajikistan confront disproportionate challenges in their businesses compared to their male counterparts, with cross-border traders being no exception. The World Bank initiated the...
Type: BriefReport#: 184592Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Social and familial financial transfers are common in low-income communities and have positive social effects. To address this challenge, the authors designed and implemented a financial innovation to...
New Zealand is an important contributor to IFC’s Advisory programs through Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). MFAT funding focuses, among others, on the East Asia and Pacific region, with a...
Type: BriefReport#: 188278Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The grievance mechanism is based on a survivor-centric approach i.e., empowering the survivor of gender-based violence by prioritizing their rights, needs, and wishes. This note provides an overview of...
Type: BriefReport#: 184035Date: June 1, 2023Author:
Rawal, Palak
The World Bank’s Road Maintenance Group project in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic offered road maintenance jobs to women in remote villages, targeting the poorest households. The project had three...
Type: BriefReport#: 184591Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Lao economy faces increased challenges from currency depreciation and high inflation. Economic recovery from COVID-19 has been gradual, undermined by macroeconomic instability and external factors....
Type: BriefReport#: 201854Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Access to basic human development programs in West Africa is particularly low. Individually, the sub-region’s countries perform poorly on the Human Capital Index (HCI). It is the second-lowest African...
Type: BriefReport#: 184247Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
With Kinshasa facing infrastructure and social exclusion challenges, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) partnered with the World Bank on the Kinshasa Multisector Development and...
Type: BriefReport#: 184590Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This brief discusses the economic development of Vietnam for June 2023. Continued weak external demand and global uncertainties are adversely affecting the economy, translating into contraction in exports...
Type: BriefReport#: 182908Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
In the mid-2000s, like many Latin American countries, Uruguay had limited access to digital technologies, including personal computers and the internet. Moreover, access to these technologies varied considerably...
Type: BriefReport#: 183601Date: June 1, 2023Author:
Han, Ahram
The Republic of Korea’s relationship with IFC has grown over the last 50 years from a recipient country to a key partner in outbound transactions and a significant source of mobilization and grants. Korea...
Type: BriefReport#: 188282Date: June 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
This brief provides insight into how Ethiopia increased the duration of paid maternity leave from 90 to 120 days and introduced three days of paid paternity leave in 2019. While ensuring job-protected...
Type: BriefReport#: 182369Date: May 31, 2023Author:
Alemayehu, Maereg Tewoldebirhan ;
Khaitina, Viktoria ;
Mykhalchenko, Olena ;
Schulz, Katrin Anna ;
Woldeyesus, Elshaday Kifle
This technical note studies the impact of a short information treatment to locals of Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru on their perceptions about Venezuelan migrants in their country. More specifically,...
Type: BriefReport#: 197357Date: May 31, 2023Author:
World Bank
This policy brief presents an update on the state of food security and the gender
gap in food insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the
COVID-19 pandemic using findings from...
Type: BriefReport#: 184066Date: May 31, 2023Author:
Chaudhury, Nazmul ;
El-Shal, Amira ;
Halim, Daniel Zefanya
On May 30, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG) held a Virtual dialogue session with the advisory group of The Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse. The purpose of this...
Type: BriefReport#: 192243Date: May 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
This note analyzes the newly released results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2021. The note focuses on Europe and Central Asia Region as a region that hosts most of PIRLS...
On May 25, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG) held an interactive discussion on the WBG Gender Strategy with the WBG Youth Summit delegates. This event is the largest worldwide annual gathering of youth...
Type: BriefReport#: 192251Date: May 25, 2023Author:
World Bank
This Brief examines the impact of US interest rate hikes on developing East Asian economies. The effect will depend on the underlying
factors driving the changes in US interest rates. US interest rates...
Type: BriefReport#: 182276Date: May 25, 2023Author:
Fukuzawa, Daisuke ;
Islamaj, Ergys ;
Ruch, Franz Ulrich
This brief discusses the economic development of Vietnam for the month of May 2023. Vietnam's industrial production index increased marginally by 0.5 percent (y/y) in April. Retail sales registered a growth...
Type: BriefReport#: 182194Date: May 18, 2023Author:
World Bank
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