A growing number of low- and
middle-income countries are investing in social safety nets
to improve the lives and livelihoods of their poor and
vulnerable residents....
Type: BriefReport#: 122588Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Maher,Barry Patrick ;
Poulter,Richard Andrew
Climate change is emerging as a potent
driver of internal migration. In Sub-Saharan Africa,
internal climate migrants can number over 85 million,
representing up to...
The Kenya Accountable Devolution program
(KADP) works with government at both county and national
levels. The program addresses key capacity gaps to make
devolution...
In this Knowledge Brief, authors
highlight the challenge transport costs (TCs) present
towards youth getting a job and some potential solutions to
overcome this challenge....
Type: BriefReport#: 146608Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Romero, Jose Manuel ;
Urquhart, Rob
The electricity sector in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) is in the grip of an apparent
paradox. Although the region is home to the world's
largest oil and gas...
Type: BriefReport#: 122842Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Mahgoub Hamid,Mohamad Ibrahim Mahmoud ;
Bacon,Robert W. ;
Estache,Antonio ;
Camos Daurella,Daniel
The coastal zone of Ghana is home to
more than a quarter of the country’s population, and
contributes as much as 80 percent of the country’s annual
capture fish production....
Agriculture is central to emerging
market economies. In Africa it accounts for as much as 65
percent of employment and 32 percent of output. Globally,
two-thirds of...
Type: BriefReport#: 124214Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Walton,Tom ;
Grishin,Vadim Nikolaevich
Correspondent banking relationships
connect banks and people across borders and are critical to
finance and trade. They are a vital link between emerging
markets and...
Type: BriefReport#: 123079Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Volk,Ariane Tamara ;
Starnes,Susan K.
Quantifying the direction and magnitude
of spillovers for small holders is an essential part of the
policy dialogue surrounding large-scale agricultural
investment....
Type: BriefReport#: 122901Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Ali,Daniel Ayalew ;
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Harris,Anthony M.
The Federal Government of Somalia (FGS)
requested a Drought Impact and Needs Assessment (DINA) and
subsequent Resilience and Recovery Framework (RRF) in August
2017...
The main sources of income in Demak,
Indonesia, were traditionally based on rice cultivation and
productive mangrove fisheries. In the 1960s, Demak’s economy
was based...
Climate change is emerging as a potent
driver of internal migration. In Latin America, internal
climate migrants can number over 17 million, representing up
to 2.6 percent...
Agriculture is central to emerging
market economies. In Africa it accounts for as much as 65
percent of employment and 32 percent of output. Globally,
two-thirds of...
Type: BriefReport#: 124213Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Walton,Tom ;
Grishin,Vadim Nikolaevich
Enrollment in early childhood education
has increased dramatically in Ghana, but the education
sector now faces the challenge of ensuring young children
learn and develop...
The importance of addressing
gender-based violence (GBV) in fragile, conflict, and
violence (FCV) situations is increasingly recognized by
countries and international...
Type: BriefReport#: 130969Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Al Tuwaijri,Sameera Maziad ;
Saadat,Seemeen
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s
economy expanded 5.2 percent yoy in Q4, faster than the 5.1
percent growth...
Mental health challenges in fragile,
conflict, and violence (FCV) situations are increasingly
recognized by countries and international humanitarian and
development...
Type: BriefReport#: 129661Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Dong,Di
The current account deficit (CAD)
widened by 1.4 percentage points of gross domestic product
(GDP) to United States dollars (USD) 9.1 billion in Q4,
nudging the overall...
In 2015, the publish what you pay (PWYP)
secretariat submitted a proposal to the World Bank to fund a
project of capacity building for civil society actors in
Papua...
Type: BriefReport#: 126019Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Barry,Mamadou
Punjab is Pakistan’s largest province
and accounts for 52 percent of the country’s economic
output. But, like Pakistan as a whole, Punjab fell short of
meeting most...
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