Afghanistan’s economy is
experiencing the most sustained period of slow growth since
it emerged from the conflict in 2002. This brief summarizes
the October 2016...
Type: BriefReport#: 178919Date: August 22, 2016Author:
World Bank
This brief focuses on the study
“Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Geothermal
Resource Risk Mitigation: A Global Survey”, by
ESMAP, a global fund administered...
Type: BriefReport#: 179540Date: August 16, 2016Author:
World Bank
Residents of a cluster of rural
communities in Kandahar Province are seeing tangible
benefits from the construction of an all-weather road
linking their villages to...
Type: BriefReport#: 178924Date: August 10, 2016Author:
World Bank
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: In Q2 2016,
GDP grew at 5.2 percent yoy, up from 4.9 percent in the
first quarter....
The Philippine Water Revolving Fund
(PWRF) was set up in 2008 to provide loans to water service
providers—local government units (LGUs) and water districts
(WDs)to finance...
The State of Jharkhand is one of the
poorer states in India and home to 30 million people. The
public health infrastructure in the state, which serves the
majority of...
This case study is part of a series
prepared by the WorldBank’s Water Global Practice to
highlight existing blended finance experiences in the water
sector. Blended...
One of the most important lessons in
economics is that productivity is key to economic growth.
Productivity is defined in economic theory as the ratio of
output over...
Type: BriefReport#: 108092Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kim,Young Eun ;
Loayza,Norman V. ;
Meza Cuadra Balcazar,Claudia Maria
Over the last decade, Kenya has
experimented with different ways of using blended finance to
leverage commercial financing from domestic banks. Many such
efforts have...
Type: BriefReport#: 107977Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
In India, roughly 60 percent of all
health expenditure is paid out of pocket. This prevents
manypoor and lower middle class families from seeking
healthcare out of fear...
To support a local water conservation
project, the Municipality of Tlalnepantla de Baz (Mexico)
and its Municipal Water Company (OPDM) issued unsecured
revenue bondson...
Type: BriefReport#: 107978Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
Since 2007, the World Bank Group’s Water
and Sanitation Program (WSP) has provided technical
assistance to the Government of Indonesia to help develop
and shape the...
To improve and strengthen food security
in Eurasia, the World Bank is supporting the Eurasian Center
for Food Security, which was established in 2011 by the
Russian...
Type: BriefReport#: 180021Date: August 1, 2016Author:
World Bank
Following decentralization in Colombia
during the 1980s, many municipalities faced challenges
accessing finance for development projects, having had
little or no previous...
Type: BriefReport#: 107973Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
Investment in early childhood
programming is increasing in response to convincing evidence
on the benefits of supporting the social, emotional, and
cognitive development...
A combination of non-sovereign
concessional lending, guarantees, grants, and technical
assistance has been used to leverage local commercial
finance and equity investments...
The State of Jharkhand is one of the
poorer states in India with 30 million people. The Public
health infrastructure in the state, which serves the
majority of the population,...
To address vital wastewater
infrastructure needs, the Municipality of Rustenburg created
the Rustenburg Water Services Trust (RWST) to finance and
upgrade infrastructure....
Type: BriefReport#: 107980Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
A blended financial package was put in
place to finance the expansion ofthe As-Samra Wastewater
Treatment Plant. The projectwas undertaken by the Samra
Wastewater Treatment...
Type: BriefReport#: 107976Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Tremolet,Sophie Cecile Marie
Since September 2014, world crude oil
prices have fallen by more than half, setting a new low at
30 US dollars a barrel (Brent crude) in February 2016. Since
then, prices...
Type: BriefReport#: 108677Date: August 1, 2016Author:
Mottaghi,Lili
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