• The cost of fire : an economic analysis of Indonesia’s 2015 fire crisis
    According to the government, 2.6 million hectares of Indonesian land burned between June and October 2015, an area four and half times the size of Bali. By October 2015,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 103668 Date: February 1, 2016
  • Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) education management information systems
    Information is a key ingredient in an effective education system. Effective education policymaking in a country requires information about the inputs, resources, governance,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 115390 Date: February 1, 2016
  • Find the gap : can big data help to increase digital financial services adoption
    Big data is a big topic. Rarely a day passes without news of innovative applications of the data all produce through frequent use of technology. It is also increasingly...
    Type: Brief Report#: 128214 Date: February 1, 2016 Author: Harten,Sven ; Blumenstock,Joshua Evan ; Khan,Muhammad Raza Ur Rehman ; Kinzinger,Johannes Philipp
  • Tanzania - Do campaigns to get people to wash hands and use (improved) toilets work
    The World Bank is committed to providing opportunities for healthy child development, and ensuring safe sanitation and good hygiene is critical to achieving that. In...
    Type: Brief Report#: 104142 Date: February 1, 2016 Author: Marcus,Aliza ; Berman,Daphna
  • SABER early childhood development
    A child’s earliest years present a window of opportunity to address inequality. The potential benefits from supporting early childhood development (ECD) range from healthy...
    Type: Brief Report#: 115379 Date: February 1, 2016
  • Systems Approach for Better Education Results (SABER) education resilience approaches
    It is widely recognized that countries need strong education systems that promote learning, life skills, and social cohesion. However, systems struggle to deliver education...
    Type: Brief Report#: 115394 Date: February 1, 2016
  • SABER - Equity and inclusion
    Equity and inclusion are at the core of the World Bank Group’s twin goals of eradicating extreme poverty and building shared prosperity. Within the Education Global...
    Type: Brief Report#: 115381 Date: February 1, 2016
  • SABER - School finance
    Finance is the lifeblood of any education system, making it possible to build schools, hire and train teachers, and equip classrooms with learning materials and technology....
    Type: Brief Report#: 115386 Date: February 1, 2016
  • SABER - Information and communication technologies
    Globalization and rapid technological change have made knowledge a critical determinant of competitiveness in the world economy. With globalization, the information...
    Type: Brief Report#: 115387 Date: February 1, 2016
  • Local Content in Oil, Gas, and Mining
    Foreign capital in mineral and petroleum producing countries has historically driven investment and employment. But the most valuable contribution to long term sustainable...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166328 Date: January 27, 2016
  • Tech Meets Agriculture at #Hack4Ag in Uganda
    The World Bank aims to help jumpstart agricultural innovation by hosting #Hack4Ag in Kampala, Uganda. Supported by funding from South Korea, the hackathon brings together...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166468 Date: January 21, 2016
  • World Bank Group Launches New Gender Data Products
    This story highlights the World Bank Group relaunched its popular gender data portal, comprising current and historical data on topics ranging from health and education...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166816 Date: January 20, 2016
  • Disaster Risk Management in Armenia
    The Government of Armenia has recognized the importance of disaster risk management, highlighting that natural hazards threaten the country’s development. In...
    Type: Brief Report#: 179753 Date: January 19, 2016 Author: World Bank
  • Using Gabon’s Digital Network to Improve Healthcare
    This story highlights easier access to health services, at lower costs, and the widespread availability over mobile phones (including smartphones) of health apps should...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166472 Date: January 14, 2016
  • Harnessing the Internet for Development
    Universal access to the Internet has become a top development priority. Getting there requires affordable, reliable access to fast, always on broadband networks, one...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166332 Date: January 13, 2016
  • Sustainable Energy for All : Harnessing the Internet for Development
    Sustainable Energy for All, a global coalition of governments, private sector, civil society and international organizations, aims to deliver universal access to electricity...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166319 Date: January 13, 2016
  • Canal Reconstruction Improves Rural Living in Bamyan Province
    The reconstruction of canal systems in Bamyan Province is enabling farmers to increase productivity of their lands through better irrigation as well as improve living...
    Type: Brief Report#: 178928 Date: January 6, 2016 Author: World Bank
  • Upper secondary education enhancement project
    Since the early 1990s, the government of Vietnam (GoV) has made sustained and successful efforts to improve basic education outcomes. The percentage of the population...
    Type: Brief Report#: 112779 Date: January 6, 2016
  • Scaling Up Climate and Disaster Resilience for the World's Most Vulnerable
    Natural disasters can cause unthinkable tolls and continue to disproportionately affect the poorest and most vulnerable. The number of climate related disasters alone...
    Type: Brief Report#: 166569 Date: January 5, 2016
  • What challenges will Latin America face in 2016?
    After over a decade of growth, the tides have changed for Latin America. It is anticipated that the region will have to adapt to a new reality of low growth in 2016,...
    Type: Brief Report#: 179533 Date: January 4, 2016 Author: World Bank
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