Infrastructure worldwide has suffered
from chronic under-investment for decades and currently
makes up more than 60 of greenhouse gas emissions. A deep
transformation...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142499Date: October 1, 2019Author:
Herrick, Douglas ;
Kooka, Kate ;
Marchal, Virginie ;
Mullan, Michael ;
Perry,Edward Abdon ;
Morgado, Naeeda Crishna
Enabling the Business of Agriculture
2019 presents indicators that measure the laws, regulations
and bureaucratic processes that affect farmers in 101
countries. The...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142850Date: October 1, 2019
The Latin America and the Caribbean
region has returned to the sluggish growth path that
characterized the years preceding the commodity boom. This
disappointing performance...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142549Date: October 1, 2019
After more than three decades of average
annual growth close to 10 percent, China's economy is
transitioning to a 'new normal' of slower but more
balanced and sustainable...
Type: PublicationReport#: 141852Date: September 16, 2019
Global growth continued to dampen in
2019, amid heightened policy uncertainty and deceleration of
global investment and trade. Growth in the emerging and
developing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 142503Date: September 1, 2019
Good education changes lives. It is
therefore unsurprising that improved schooling plays a
central part in most development strategies. At the same
time, the expansion...
Type: PublicationReport#: 141333Date: August 30, 2019Author:
Hoogeveen,Johannes G. ;
Rossi,Mariacristina
Countries exiting conflict and fragility
face many urgent priorities and almost invariably suffer
from substantial infrastructure deficits. There is typically
very little...
Type: PublicationReport#: 139117Date: July 10, 2019
In Sub-Saharan Africa, the scale of
undernutrition is staggering; 58 million children under the
age of five are too short for their age (stunted), and 14
million weighs...
Infrastructure—electricity,
telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central
to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living,
stay healthy, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 138046Date: June 19, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Rozenberg,Julie
Infrastructure—electricity,
telecommunications, roads, water, and sanitation—are central
to people’s lives. Without it, they cannot make a living,
stay healthy, and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 138046Date: June 19, 2019Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Rozenberg,Julie
Today 60 percent of Moroccans reside in
urban areas, as opposed to 35 percent in 1970. By 2050,
nearly three-quarters of the country’s population will be
living in cities....
Type: PublicationReport#: 137850Date: June 14, 2019Author:
Lall,Somik V. ;
Mahgoub,Ayah ;
Maria,Augustin ;
Touati,Anastasia Nejma ;
Acero Vergel,Jose Luis
Sub-Saharan Africa has the youngest
population of any region of the world, and that growing
working-age population represents a major opportunity to
reduce poverty and...
Type: PublicationReport#: 137952Date: June 10, 2019Author:
Arias Diaz,Omar S. ;
Evans,David ;
Santos,Indhira Vanessa
Over the past decade, China has built
25,000 km of dedicated high-speed railway—more than the rest
of the world combined. What can we learn from this
remarkable experience?...
Type: PublicationReport#: 137512Date: June 6, 2019Author:
Lawrence,Martha B. ;
Bullock,Richard G. ;
Liu,Ziming
This report provides an up-to-date
overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments
around the world, including international, national and
subnational initiatives....
Type: PublicationReport#: 137513Date: June 6, 2019
Recognizing that services affect the
ability of countries and their firms to compete on
international markets, the World Bank’s Trade and Regional
Integration Unit has...
Type: PublicationReport#: 137424Date: June 5, 2019Author:
Hollweg,Claire Honore ;
Saez,Juan Sebastian
Global growth has continued to soften
this year. A modest recovery in emerging market and
developing economies continues to be constrained by subdued
investment, which...
Type: PublicationReport#: 137426Date: June 4, 2019
Despite multiple past efforts, fragile
Sub-Saharan African economies such as those of Mali, Chad,
Niger, and Guinea still rank among the least diversified
worldwide,...
Type: PublicationReport#: AUS0000824Date: May 22, 2019Author:
Lopez Calix,Jose R.
The guide supports transitioning
accounting education, training, and certification from a
knowledge-based approach to a competency-based approach.
Underlying this shift...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136899Date: May 14, 2019Author:
Borgonovo,Alfred Jean-Marie ;
Friedrich,Brian Jeffry ;
Wells,Michael John Cuthbert
This study identifies what interventions
work for reengagement of at-risk and out-of-school
adolescents and youth based on effect sizes and systematic
evidence. Two...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136504Date: May 1, 2019Author:
Rajasekaran,Subhashini ;
Reyes,Joel E.
Petroleum discovery in a country
presents its policy makers with a challenging and complex
task: formulating and agreeing on policies that will shape
the country’s petroleum...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136503Date: May 1, 2019Author:
Huurdeman,Alexander Johannes ;
Rozhkova,Anastasiya
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