The World Bank’s Africa Gender
Innovation Lab (GIL) conducts impact evaluations of
development interventions and leads policy research to
generate evidence on how to...
In the past two or more decades in
Ghana, the perception among citizens that government was
insensitive to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs),
particularly Non-Governmental...
Type: BriefReport#: 154794Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Agyemang, Harriet Nuamah
With an increasing number of public
bodies became interested in leveraging behavioral insights
for improving policies and services, questions have emerged
around how...
Policy-makers and regulators are
striving to tackle the challenges brought by the
recentexponential growth of cross-border data. One sensitive
policy concern is how...
Type: BriefReport#: 132606Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Molinuevo,Martin ;
Gaillard,Simon Jean Henri
Albania is heavily dependent on its
agricultural sector, which accounts for 20.3 percent of GDP,
49 percent of employment and 8.5 percent of total exports.
The fruit...
Over the next decade, energy consumption
in the residential subsector is expected to grow faster than
in the rest of the building sector owing to expected
increases...
Type: BriefReport#: 132947Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Lukas,Aditya Alexander
Young Africans are less likely to have a
bank account than adults on the continent. At the same time,
they are more likely to have a mobile phone, try out new
things...
Type: BriefReport#: 134164Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Heitmann,Soren ;
Peterson,Zenobia Whitney Sharee ;
Kinzinger,Johannes Philipp
As Bangladesh’s flat terrain is
crisscrossed by hundreds of rivers, bridges play a critical
part in the country’s road system. For every 4.5 km of roads
in unions or...
In this note we provide an assessment of
the technical aspects of budget and discuss the implications
of the medium-term fiscal framework. The budget document is
technically...
Type: BriefReport#: 133789Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Sahibzada,Habiburahman ;
Haque,Tobias Akhtar
The Governance Insight gives you an idea
about SMART Fiduciary and initiatives under development. It
consistent with the Agile Bank Initiative, SMART Fiduciary,
an undertaking...
Type: BriefReport#: 133143Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Olowo-Okere,Edward ;
Wasike,Moses Sabuni
In this note, we look at trade data to
answer a simple question: When did the Belt and Road
Initiative (BRI) really start? The BRI was officially
announced in 2013 during...
Type: BriefReport#: 133112Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Ruta,Michele
As a collectively large energy user, the
public sector can set an example for efficiency improvements
in other sectors. It can also stimulate EE markets, bring
down...
Type: BriefReport#: 132945Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Singh,Jasneet
Regional free trade agreements (FTAs)
have a sizable effect on exports and foster economic growth.
While reducing tariffs in member countries, regional FTAs
harmonize...
Eighteen neglected tropical diseases
(NTDs) and malaria account together for 22 percent of the
total burden of communicable diseases in 25 Francophone
African countries...
The vast energy efficiency potential in
industry remains largely untapped, impairing global efforts
to mitigate climate change. With the right steps, energy
savings...
Type: BriefReport#: 132949Date: December 1, 2018Author:
Dobrotkova,Zuzana ;
Lukas,Aditya Alexander ;
Singh,Jasneet
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
IFC is working to improve access to energy, transportation,
and municipal and environmental infrastructure and support
sustainable...
Type: BriefReport#: 192452Date: November 30, 2018Author:
World Bank
Despite progress over the last two
decades, girls still have on average lower levels of
educational attainment than boys in many African countries,
especially at the...
Type: BriefReport#: 132201Date: November 19, 2018Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Male,Chata ;
Montenegro,Claudio E. ;
Nguyen,Hoa ;
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa
This brief contains eight FAQs about the
‘Promising Progress: A Diagnostic of Water
Supply, Sanitation, Hygiene, and Poverty in
Bangladesh’ report, a data-driven...
Type: BriefReport#: 179405Date: November 14, 2018Author:
World Bank
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing
economies. PitchIT...
This story highlights an outcome of
infoDev, a multi-donor program administered by the World
Bank Group, with a focus on entrepreneurs in developing
economies. This...
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