This brief presents: Cambodia snapshot;
existing national plans and policies to achieve universal
health coverage (UHC); key challenges on the way to UHC; and
collaborative...
This brief covers the following topics :
Sudan’s snapshot; Existing national plans and policies to
achieve UHC; Key challenges on the way to UHC; Collaborative
efforts...
This brief presents: Afghanistan
snapshot; existing national plans and policies to achieve
universal health coverage (UHC); key challenges on the way
to UHC; and collaborative...
This brief presents: Ghana snapshot;
existing national plans and policies to achieve universal
health coverage (UHC); key challenges on the way to UHC; and
collaborative...
This brief presents: Haiti snapshot;
existing national plans and policies to achieve universal
health coverage (UHC); key challenges on the way to UHC; and
collaborative...
The United Nations Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities recognizes the right of
people with disabilities to education, while Goal 4 of the
Sustainable...
The World Bank Group is preparing its
Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for the Republic of
Belarus for the fiscal period 2018-22. During preparation
period of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 179717Date: November 13, 2017Author:
World Bank
On October 10, 2017, the National Bank
of Ethiopia (NBE) devalued the Birr by 15 percent as
pressures on the foreign exchange intensified. According to
the Government,...
In its crucial role, transport fosters
development as it connects people to goods, services,
social, and economic opportunities. But today’s data shows
social exclusion...
Type: BriefReport#: 130009Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Vandycke,Nancy L. ;
Kauppila,Jari
The World Bank manages its internal
operations to safeguard the wellbeing of staff as well as
the ecosystems, communities, and economies in which we work.
We are adopting...
In 1918, Azerbaijan granted women equal
political rights with men. Almost a century later and with
legislation passed to prevent domestic violence and address
gender-based...
Type: BriefReport#: 121929Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Kaufman,Damir ;
Michel Casulleras,Christian Otto ;
Melis,Eva Maria ;
Mukherjee,Amit
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s
economy grew 5.1 percent yoy in Q3 2017, slightly faster
than in Q2 (5.0...
Robust weather services save lives,
reduce impacts from disasters, and promote sustainable
economic growth. Global facility for disaster reduction and
recovery (GFDRR)...
Type: BriefReport#: 121904Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Tsirkunov,Vladimir V.
Financial consumers often fail to
compare across different products and do not choose the most
cost-effective product or the one most suitable to their
needs. This is...
Type: BriefReport#: 121110Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Gine,Xavier ;
Mazer,Rafael Keenan
GFDRR supports governments in designing
financial protection strategies and instruments to respond
to natural disasters. The Disaster Risk Financing and
Insurance Program...
Type: BriefReport#: 121909Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Mahul,Olivier
Public credit guarantees have become a
popular instrument to try to expand lending to financially
constrained firms. In many instances, these schemes have
proven useful...
Type: BriefReport#: 121486Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Abraham,Facundo ;
Schmukler,Sergio L.
GFDRR’s Resilient Recovery program is
involved in every major disaster, helping affected countries
assess damage as well as economic losses and needs, plan for
recovery,...
Type: BriefReport#: 121911Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Leitmann,Josef Lloyd
The agricultural estates in Malawi (1.5
million hectares), mostly held by domestic commercial
farmers, are underperforming. Data from three sources
(digitized agricultural...
Type: BriefReport#: 122473Date: November 1, 2017Author:
Deininger,Klaus W. ;
Xia,Fang
Many countries today face severe
political instability or are struggling to emerge from years
of conflict. These conflicts threaten to destroy once
vibrant businesses,...
Type: BriefReport#: 178265Date: November 1, 2017Author:
World Bank
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