Transport efficiency and safety in the
advanced economies have long benefited from information and
communication technology (ICT). However, these ICT
applications have...
Type: BriefReport#: 102668Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Wang,Wei ;
Krishnan,Raman V. ;
Diehl,Adam Stone
The recent flagship report ‘poverty in a
rising Africa’ focuses on answering the question as to how
much growth averaging 4.5 percent over the past two decades
has improved...
Type: BriefReport#: 101268Date: November 1, 2015Author:
Beegle,Kathleen G. ;
Christiaensen,Luc ;
Dabalen,Andrew L.
Few countries can parallel Turkey’s
efforts to restructure its energy sector over the past 15
years. Moving from a state-owned, vertically-integrated
model, Turkey has...
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(Pantawid Pamilya) is the Philippines’ national conditional
cash transfer (CCT) program. The program provides cash
grants to...
The growth rate of remittances to
developing countries is projected to fall from 3.3 percent
in 2014 to 2.0 percent in 2015. The impact of slow growth on
remittance...
With more than five million people
moving to cities every month, there is rising disparity and
inequality in urban areas. While urbanization brings
economic and societal...
A large majority of health
infrastructure in Turkey is old and out of date and is no
longer appropriate for meeting the country’s healthcare
needs. The government of...
Transport plays a crucial role in
connecting people to goods and services and fostering
sustainable development. The literature links improved
transport infrastructure...
The prevalence of under-nutrition in
Bangladesh remains among the highest in the world. Though
there has been significant progress in reducing the
incidence of underweight...
The APMG public-private partnerships
(PPP) certification program aims to improve the performance
of PPPs by enhancing and standardizing PPP practices across
emerging...
The PBOC announced to cut benchmark
interest rates by 25bp, effective from October 24. The
one-year benchmark deposit rate now stands at 1.50 percent
(from 1.75 percent)...
In rural areas of the developing world,
where the majority of the poor live, good transport
connectivity through road infrastructure and transport
services is an essential...
This story highlights on-going World
Bank collaboration with various partners aims to help
traffic management agencies in Southeast Asia mitigate
congestion and GHG...
Over the past decade, Azerbaijan has
strived to improve the transparency and efficiency of its
judicial services, with a view to boosting public confidence
in the judiciary...
Type: BriefReport#: 180511Date: October 17, 2015Author:
World Bank
This story highlights the Kooperativa
Krusha, a pepper-producing cooperative made up of war widows
from Kosovo, has doubled production with support from the
World Bank...
This brief describes several initiatives
under the Strengthening the Livelihoods and Voice of
Vulnerable and Disabled Persons in Armenia project. It is
funded by the...
Type: BriefReport#: 180398Date: October 15, 2015Author:
World Bank
The urban population in developing
countries is projected to reach 4 billion by 2030
– double what it was at the start of the century.
Turkey has effectively...
Type: BriefReport#: 180551Date: October 14, 2015Author:
World Bank
This story highlights the West Africa
Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) is helping guinea
fowl farmers in Northern Ghana scale up operations. WAAPP’s
initial...
The private sector’s ingenuity and
innovation will be critical to helping the world move on a
low-carbon and resilient path. Public funds alone can’t meet
the challenges...
The Bank’s President Jim Yong Kim had
announced the institution will increase its climate
financing to potentially 29 billion a year by 2020, with the
support of its...
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