This year will be the fifth consecutive
year with global growth below its long-term trend of 3.5
percent observed during 2000-07, standing at last year’s 2.4
percent....
Type: BriefReport#: 109328Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Mottaghi,Lili
Education is a driver of development
around the world. But as many countries have found, getting
children into school is only the first step in an education.
Not all...
Moderate and gradual changes of the real
exchange rate are beneficial for the economy to help it
attain domestic and external equilibrium. They should not be
feared....
Type: BriefReport#: 109374Date: October 1, 2016Author:
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Mendez Ramos,Fabian
Local governance is being enhanced in
Bangladesh as communities are increasingly playing a greater
role in their decision-making process. With Bank funding of
$290 million,...
Type: BriefReport#: 178927Date: September 28, 2016Author:
World Bank
The economy has stabilized in 2016, but
significant economic recovery and growth have not yet taken
hold due to limited reforms, weak external demand, and the
smoldering...
Type: BriefReport#: 108697Date: September 22, 2016
Sri Lanka’s secondary cities
are growing rapidly and have an opportunity to further
contribute to the country’s competitiveness while
providing a high...
Type: BriefReport#: 179114Date: September 20, 2016Author:
World Bank
Investments in children’s early learning
pay remarkable dividends later in life. These range from
increased readiness for primary school to improved
labor-market outcomes...
Type: BriefReport#: 166396Date: September 14, 2016
The Third Meeting of the Advisory Group
on Resilience to Climate Change (RCC) took place on
September 13, 2016 at the World Meteorological Organization
in Geneva. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 115021Date: September 13, 2016
This brief discusses how long workdays
and workplace stress are threatening the health of millions
of Latin Americans. It summarizes trends in various
countries in the...
Type: BriefReport#: 179630Date: September 13, 2016Author:
World Bank
Smaller businesses in Herat Province are
seeing growth and market expansion as a result of support
from the Afghanistan New Market Development Project. The
project,...
Type: BriefReport#: 178918Date: September 7, 2016Author:
World Bank
Since 2012, Early Learning Partnership
(ELP) has strategically invested in activities to improve
the life chances of young children in Africa and South Asia.
Countries...
Business and entrepreneurship training
programs have become popular interventions intended to boost
the profits of small businesses around the world. Despite
their popularity,...
In emerging markets, climate change
threatens infrastructure that is critical for development.
Roads, airports, water systems, and power plants are
vulnerable to weather...
Type: BriefReport#: 109463Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Miller,Alan ;
Swann,Stacy A.
A child’s earliest years are a critical
period of development, laying the foundation for future
success. Neurological studies have shown that synapses
develop rapidly...
The West Nile region in north-west
Uganda is home to roughly 2 million people, most of whom
have no access to electricity. Increasing the country’s
power generation...
Mongolia's growth further slowed to
1.4 percent (y/y) in the first half. The budget deficit
sharply widened in Jan.-July, and will likely reach over 18
percent of G...
Type: BriefReport#: 114968Date: September 1, 2016Author:
Lee,Taehyun ;
Shiilegmaa,Altantsetseg ;
Batsuuri,Davaadalai ;
Verghis,Mathew A.
The World Bank, working with partners,
has provided technical support to countries in West and
Central Africa (WCA) to: (i) assess and identify HIV service
delivery...
Increasing access to quality early
childhood development and education (ECDE) is critical to
achieve broader goals for education and development in
Kenya. The country’s...
Workfare programs are social protection
instruments used by governments to address the lack of jobs
or inadequate incomes among the poor. In the Philippines,
they are...
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