The $623 million financing included the
first long-term commercial loans for private power plants in
Kenya and marked the first time IDA guarantees were issued
in support...
Iraq was plunged into two simultaneous
crises in the second half of 2014, one driven by a sharp
decline in oil prices, the other, by Islamic State
militants. Since June...
With rapid urbanization, population
growth, and new economic activity, municipal solid waste is
increasing at alarming rates, and is expected to almost
triple in low...
This Knowledge Brief presents a profile
of the nutrition situation in Mali and cost estimates for
implementing key nutrition interventions. It then compares
the cost-effectiveness...
Type: BriefReport#: 98241Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Shekar,Meera ;
Mattern,Max William ;
Eozenou,Patrick Hoang-Vu ;
Dayton Eberwein, Julia ;
Akuoku,Jonathan Kweku ;
Di Gropello,Emanuela ;
Karamba,R. Wendy
Ethiopia has one of the lowest
electrification rates in sub-Saharan Africa. In this
context, the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) planned to
increase access to electricity...
Electrification can be a significant
driver for improving livelihoods in rural communities. In
rural Mali, where more than 80 percent of the country’s
population lives,...
Navigating the winding, bustling, and
crowded streets of Kathmandu is becoming more and more
challenging over time. Considering that 83 percent of
Nepalese women are...
Past market failures to deliver clean
cooking and heating solutions, especially to low-income
households, suggest the continued need for subsidies if
universal access...
Type: BriefReport#: 97846Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Zhang,Yabei ;
Adams,Norma
In late 2006, Nepal was recovering from
a decade long conflict and was one of the poorest countries
in the world. About 82 percent of its population of around
26 million...
In 2010 the Government of the
Philippines launched a Universal Health Care initiative,
which mandated the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation
(PhilHealth) to provide...
This project studied the relationship
between citizen trust in state institutions and social
protest. Using visual analysis of approximately 11 million
sentiment classified...
The World Bank is responding well to its
clients’ demand for financing of transmission and
distribution projects. By helping to reduce losses,
encouraging the integration...
This Knowledge Brief presents the cost
of scaling up key effective nutrition interventions in
Nigeria and compares different scale-up scenarios to
determine which one...
Type: BriefReport#: 120103Date: June 1, 2015Author:
Shekar,Meera ;
Mcdonald,Christine ;
Okorosobo,Touyo ;
Subandoro,Ali Winoto ;
Dayton,Julia M. ;
Mattern,Max William ;
Akuoku,Jonathan Kweku ;
Karamba,R. Wendy
Iraq was plunged into two simultaneous
crises in the second half of 2014, one driven by a sharp
decline in oil prices, the other, by Islamic State
militants. Since June...
This brief talks about realizing
Tanzania vision 2040 through livestock based on the evidence
from the National panel survey for 2011-2012. Policies and
investments...
Engagement between accountability
institutions (AIs) and civil society organizations (CSOs) is
an important dimension in the theory of change of the global
partnership...
This story highlights Georgia has ‘big
potential’ to become a transit hub, but needs more capacity
in freight transport and logistics, as well as
infrastructure investments...
The new Carbon Pricing Watch compiles
the latest data on formal carbon pricing initiatives around
the world. Several carbon taxes and one of the world's
largest emissions...
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: the overall
balance of payment still recorded a surplus, although the
balance had...
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