Farmers in India, especially
smallholders, face a number of challenges that make their
income streams low and unreliable. Start-up companies have
entered the agriculture...
Type: BriefReport#: 149100Date: March 1, 2020Author:
Krishnaswamy,Karunakaran
The main objective of this activity is
to shed light on the transformative potential of smallholder
irrigation in Mozambique. Irrigation is critical in ensuring
sustainable...
A study based on the analysis of 24
projects found that because of its emphasis on targeting and
subsidizing the inclusion of specific groups, such as girls,
the poor,...
Private equity can play a catalytic role
in closing economic gaps between men and
women—while strengthening enterprise growth, job
creation, and financial security....
Type: BriefReport#: 185405Date: February 12, 2020Author:
World Bank
Over the last decade, Cote d’Ivoire has
witnessed a remarkable shrinking of its gender gap in
agricultural productivity. When comparing similar
households, the gender...
Type: BriefReport#: 145922Date: February 10, 2020Author:
Donald,Aletheia Amalia ;
Lawin,Kotchikpa Gabriel ;
Rouanet,Lea Marie
Fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV)
is a critical development challenge that threatens efforts
to end extreme poverty, affecting both low- and middle
income countries....
As part of the digital economy for
Africa (DE4A) initiative, the World Bank (WB) has developed
a series of diagnostic reports to provide a comprehensive
review of progress...
The Mashreq region and, in particular,
the countries of Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon are facing major
policy and fiscal challenges to growth and job creation. The
Maximizing...
Type: BriefReport#: 146415Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Cuvillier,Emmanuel F. ;
Ahmad,Aijaz - IPGFS ;
Dornel,Arnaud D. ;
Alzahrani,Hussam Hassan J
Economic development is typically
accompanied by the movement of labor from agriculture to the
non-agricultural sector, a pattern commonly referred to as
structural...
Type: BriefReport#: 145807Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Deudibe,Gildas Bopahbe ;
Merfeld,Joshua David ;
Ndoutamou,Justin ;
Newhouse,David Locke
The short-term impact of coronavirus
outbreak (i.e., 2019-nCov) on Vietnam’s economy could be
significant, as high 6-10 percent of monthly output, but
short-lived if...
Type: BriefReport#: 148589Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Morisset,Jacques ;
Mitra, Deepak
The floor area of the buildings we
occupy is expected to double by 2060, with most of this
growth occurring in residential construction. And population
growth and urbanization...
Type: BriefReport#: 147673Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Saberi,Ommid ;
Menes,Rebecca Ann
Improving energy efficiency in Turkey is
crucial for reducing expensive energy imports and meeting
climate change targets. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
play a...
Type: BriefReport#: 147007Date: February 1, 2020Author:
ESMAP
Digital connectivity has enormous
potential to support development. Yet today some four
billion people in emerging economies remain offline, partly
due to a lack of...
Type: BriefReport#: 147675Date: February 1, 2020Author:
Strusani,Davide ;
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien
In an effort to improve the efficiency
of the HIV response in Zimbabwe, the World Bank in
collaboration with the Government of Zimbabwe and the Burnet
Institute conducted...
Umbrella 2.0 programs, the central
innovation of trust fund reform, will strengthen the link
between funding and the priorities of the World Bank, its
clients and partners,...
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) are an
ongoing World Bank project in collecting both objective data
based on firms’ experiences and enterprises’ perception
of the environment...
The need for greater efficiency and
accountability in the power sector in the Middle East and
North Africa has renewed pressure for reforms. A major new
World Bank report,...
Type: BriefReport#: 148151Date: January 31, 2020Author:
Nguyen,Tu Chi ;
Rana,Anshul ;
Fernstrom,Erik Magnus ;
Foster,Vivien
In January 2020, the energy ministers of
seven countries and territories established the Eastern
Mediterranean Gas Forum. EMGF’s objective is cooperation to
overcome...
Type: BriefReport#: 148150Date: January 31, 2020Author:
Huurdeman,Alexander Johannes
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