Public transport is the basis of
transport systems in dense urban centers, especially in
cities that already have—or are
developing—relatively advanced...
Type: BriefReport#: 189567Date: August 12, 2024Author:
Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe ;
Brau,Wendy ;
Canon Rubiano,Leonardo ;
Ivarsson Molina,Linda Ellin Maria ;
Sveta Milusheva
Collateralized Mortgage Line of Credit
(CML) is a commitment by International Finance Corporation
(IFC) to lend funds against a pledge of mortgage assets held
as collateral...
Type: BriefReport#: 192978Date: August 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Government of Lao PDR has
prioritized the expansion of renewable energy generation for
domestic consumption and export. While this has great
potential to help the...
Type: BriefReport#: 192969Date: August 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
Initially led by International Finance
Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, with
support from the Australian government, the Myanmar
Hydropower Developers’...
Type: BriefReport#: 192982Date: August 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
In China, lucrative energy efficiency
and renewable energy projects continue to emerge. They just
need to be recognized as they can mean good business for
enterprises...
Type: BriefReport#: 192968Date: August 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
IFC has been a leader in setting
standards for environmental and social (E&S)
sustainability, and sharing its experiences in applying its
Performance Standards with...
Type: BriefReport#: 192948Date: August 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
eConsultant2 is the World Bank
Group’s solution to enable easy and intuitive
participation in solicitations for operational consulting
opportunities on Bank Group...
Type: BriefReport#: 192903Date: August 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
The World Bank and the Korea-World Bank
Partnership Facility (KWPF) are providing critical support
to countries in the Caribbean in their ambitious journey to
expand...
Type: BriefReport#: 192926Date: August 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
Uttarakhand is a Himalayan Mountain
state located in the Northern part of India, which is
regularly devastated by flash floods, landslides,
earthquakes, forest fires,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192888Date: August 6, 2024Author:
World Bank
Mobile money, the use of mobile phones
to provide financial services through virtual
“wallets” to unbanked populations, is
relatively new. The earliest...
Type: BriefReport#: 192864Date: August 5, 2024Author:
Firpo,Janine
This document collection focuses on a
global development institution's efforts to promote
private sector growth in developing countries. It highlights
the institution's...
Type: BriefReport#: 192861Date: August 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
Critical gaps persist in
providers’ clinical knowledge in management of
depression and emergency intrapartum cases. Providers
already have a high workload and...
Type: BriefReport#: 192837Date: August 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation (IFC),
a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global
development institution focused exclusively on the private
sector. IFC...
Type: BriefReport#: 192815Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Middle-income countries are in a race
against time. Many of them have done well since the 1990s to
escape low-income levels and eradicate extreme poverty,
leading to...
Type: BriefReport#: 192949Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
helps renewable energy companies build the case for action
on gender. IFC catalyze renewable energy companies to
take-up gender-smart...
Type: BriefReport#: 192819Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Lazarus,Kate M. ;
Maynes,Ellen Claire
IFC’s renewable-energy
investment and advisory service support spans the globe,
from Africa, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin
America to the Middle East...
Type: BriefReport#: 192810Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The global demographic landscape is at a
crossroads, with rapid declines in fertility and aging
populations holding profound implications for employment,
social services,...
Type: BriefReport#: 193500Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Sameera Altuwaijri ;
Jha,Prabhat K. ;
George-Alleyne,Ramatoulaye ;
Isenman,Paul ;
Garcia,Gisela Mariela ;
Saadat,Seemeen ;
Veillard,Jeremy Henri Maurice
Gender gaps in access to, and use of
health and long-term care services affect both women and
men, albeit differently. While male mortality due to key
non-communicable...
Type: BriefReport#: 193503Date: July 31, 2024Author:
Saadat,Seemeen ;
Boudjadja,Meriem ;
Al Tuwaijri,Sameera Maziad
Providing care for older parents or
parents-in-law significantly reduces the probability of
employment and annual earnings, particularly among women and
intensive caregivers,...
Type: BriefReport#: 193502Date: July 31, 2024Author:
Boudjadja,Meriem ;
Al Tuwaijri,Sameera Maziad ;
Saadat,Seemeen
The Republic of Congo (RoC) is one of
the most vulnerable countries to climate change. RoC is
committed to the Paris Agreement to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and...
Type: BriefReport#: 192831Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
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