At the heart of International Finance
Corporation’s (IFC’s) approach to blended finance are
efforts to create and help sustain private markets with
strong development...
Type: BriefReport#: 125904Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia ;
Lauridsen,Morten Lykke
Real GDP growth in 2017 remained broadly
flat due to Oman’s participation in the OPEC oil production
cuts and fiscal austerity. The current account deficit has
narrowed...
In Pacific Island Countries, high
vulnerability to the impacts of climate change and natural
disasters means that such events can have devastating social
and economic...
The World Bank Group’s Country
Partnership Framework in Lao PDR (2017-2021) focuses on
three main focus areas and one crosscutting theme:
Supporting inclusive growth,...
Putting a project into practice is
challenging and at times a disconnect exists between what is
aspired to in project documents and what happens on the
ground. To help...
Type: BriefReport#: 124975Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Hoogeveen,Johannes G. ;
Taptue,Andre Marie
Hydrological and meteorological
(hydromet) information is useful for more than predicting
weatheron any given day. This information can save lives;
reduce the impacts...
GDP growth is estimated to have remained
flat at 2.2 percent in 2017, in part reflecting the effects
of the ongoing rift with its neighbors. However, growth is
expected...
After a short slowdown in 2017 as some
of the large infrastructure projects were phased out, growth
recovered in 2018 but is still below potential. Pursuing its
ambition...
When oil prices started rising in 2010,
the Malagasy government introduced fuel subsidies to keep
energy prices low. When global oil prices fell in 2015, fuel
subsidies...
Type: BriefReport#: 125947Date: April 1, 2018Author:
ESMAP
This note summarizes work on global
mental health that has been conducted recently with the
support of the World Bank Group (WBG). It provides an
overview of the global...
Type: BriefReport#: 125874Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Marquez,Patricio V. ;
Dutta,Sheila ;
Balafoutis,John ;
Davey,Brian J. ;
Malek,Gabby ;
Shakow,Aaron David Abraham
A slight decline in hydrocarbon
production, which was not offset by higher than expected
public spending, underpinned the growth slowdown in 2017.
Additionally, structural...
Extension services have been implemented
on a large scale in developing countries for decades.
However, there is little evidence on their impact on the
productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 125802Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Buehren,Niklas ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Molina,Ezequiel ;
Vaillant,Julia
The Noor-Ouarzazate complex is one of
the largest concentrating solar power (CSP) facilities in
the world—so large, in fact, that it is visible from space.
Its goal...
Type: BriefReport#: 125048Date: April 1, 2018Author:
ESMAP
Technical support financed by the World
Bank is helping Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Justice broaden its
efforts to modernize the judicial system. The Judicial
Services...
Type: BriefReport#: 125281Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Kaufman,Damir ;
Melis,Eva Maria ;
Mukherjee,Amit ;
Michel Casulleras,Christian Otto
Non-hydrocarbon growth is estimated to
have remained resilient in 2017 while OPEC-mandated oil
production cuts limited hydrocarbon growth. Economic
performance is likely...
Continued economic growth has been
achieved despite low oil prices, but it has come at the
expense of fiscal and external stability. The exchange rate
peg is a regular...
The labor market is characterized by
information gaps between work seekers and prospective
employers, particularly when it comes to hiring low-skill
entry level workers....
Type: BriefReport#: 125801Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Carranza,Eliana ;
Pimkina,Svetlana
This Migration and Development Brief
reports global trends in migration and remittance flows, as
well as developments related to the Global Compact on
Migration (GCM),...
Type: BriefReport#: 129443Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Ratha,Dilip K. ;
De,Supriyo ;
Schuettler,Kirsten ;
Seshan,Ganesh Kumar ;
Yameogo,Nadege Desiree
As the impact of the previous
year's boost in oil production and exports dissipates,
overall growth rate is expected to stabilize at around 4.2
percent, with a larger...
Macroeconomic conditions are improving,
as Egypt's twin deficits are narrowing and inflation
has receded sharply in recent months. The Central Bank has
cut key policy...
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