IFC is working with Ecom, a global
leader in commodity trading, to raise the productivity of
smallholder farms, improve the quality of their coffee, and
have a positive...
To address the issues of food and
nutrition insecurity in Nepal, the World Bank has provided
support to the Sunaula Hazar Din- Community Action for
Nutrition Project...
This note analyzes domestic obstacles to
trade and transport in Nigeria and their impact on
competitiveness. Among other sources, the note uses data
collected during...
Type: BriefReport#: 91124Date: October 1, 2014Author:
Coste,Antoine
As Dubai has grown over the last two
decades, the demand for private education has grown with it,
a reflection of the number of expatriates settling in the
city and...
Type: BriefReport#: 92445Date: October 1, 2014Author:
Thacker, Simon
Hydropower development makes an
essential contribution to reducing poverty, boosting shared
prosperity, and improving sustainability. Water storage
associated with some...
Type: BriefReport#: 91154Date: October 1, 2014Author:
Bucknall,Julia ;
Foster,Vivien ;
Liden,Mats Johan Rikard ;
Lyon,Kimberly Nicole ;
Rex,William
Indian cities have large populations of
urban slum dwellers who lack access to basic services from
utility providers. Many households obtain access to
electricity through...
Peru reduced its HIV/AIDS burden by 43
percent from 2000 to 2010 due to the introduction of free
antiretroviral drug therapy in 2004, and the successful
execution of...
Type: BriefReport#: 94279Date: October 1, 2014Author:
Medici, Andre ;
Vargas, Veronica ;
Lavadenz, Fernando ;
Miachon, Lais
In South Africa, demand for energy has
outpaced national supply as there has been little investment
in energy infrastructure. Country-wide power outages and an
increasingly...
IFC worked with DCM Shriram Consolidated
Ltd. (DSCL) Sugar, the fifth largest sugar company in India,
to improve the productivity of farmers in its supply chain
by training...
This note captures a recent conversation
about scale in social accountability with more than 165 of
the global partnership for social accountability (GPSA’s)
global...
Type: BriefReport#: 154669Date: October 1, 2014Author:
Guerzovich,Maria Florencia ;
Poli,Maria
Global growth estimates for 2014 have
been revised further down in recent months, following signs
of persistent stagnation in the Euro area, Japan, parts of
Latin America...
IFC worked with Jain Irrigation Systems
Ltd., an IFC investment and advisory client, to conduct a
Water Footprint Assessment which helps companies reduce
water-related...
Against a backdrop of falling global
food prices and relatively stable domestic food prices, the
World Bank Group introduces a new, interactive tool to
monitor food...
Type: BriefReport#: 166699Date: September 30, 2014
This story highlights a pilot solar
rooftop PPP launched with IFC support in Gandhinagar, the
capital of India’s Gujarat State, is now generating 5 MW of
power and saving...
Type: BriefReport#: 166744Date: September 25, 2014
Cities need to tackle the dual challenge
of rapid urbanization and climate change and more than a
trillion will be needed to bridge the infrastructure gap for
climate-smart...
Type: BriefReport#: 166873Date: September 23, 2014
More than one thousand companies and
over 70 countries are speaking out support of a price on
carbon. Several government leaders and CEOs who aligned with
the Put a...
Type: BriefReport#: 166565Date: September 22, 2014
Billions of cubic meters of natural gas
is flared annually at oil production sites around the globe.
Flaring gas wastes a valuable energy resource that could be
used...
Type: BriefReport#: 166598Date: September 22, 2014
This story highlights women face
persistent barriers in labor markets and are more
concentrated in the informal economy - rather than in
salaried or wage work. Under...
Type: BriefReport#: 166747Date: September 22, 2014
Carbon pricing helps lower overall
emissions while giving businesses the flexibility to find
their own most efficient solutions. China leads a list of 73
countries,...
Type: BriefReport#: 166491Date: September 22, 2014
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