This impact evaluation assess the impact
of rural road upgrading and rehabilitation on transport
conditions, access to services, agricultural
commercialization, household...
With ninety-three percent population
having access to electricity, Bangladesh has significantly
increased electricity generation capacity. Yet, its
per-capita electricity...
An impact evaluation of the Targeting
the Ultra-Poor (TUP) program in Afghanistan suggests that
big-push interventions can dramatically reduce poverty in
fragile and...
In the last several decades, Bangladesh
witnessed a steady decline in forest cover. Largely driven
by unsustainable logging, conversion of forest areas into
settlements,...
The Multi-tier Framework (MTF) was
developed to address the specifics of energy-access needs
outlined in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the
United Nations...
Bangladesh has had a long history of
local governance stretching back over one hundred and thirty
years, but it is only recently that local governments are
increasingly...
While Bangladesh had successfully
reduced extreme poverty in rural areas from 37.9 percent in
2000 to 21.1 percent in 2010, still rural poverty is almost
three times...
Life used to come to a near standstill
after sunset for the great majority of Bangladeshis living
in the countryside. About two-thirds of rural households
have access...
Bangladesh has done remarkably well in
improving agricultural productivity. Around seventy percent
people in Bangladesh live in rural areas and over
forty-seven percent...
This report is a compilation of 6 policy
notes. Policy Note 1 provides an overview of the report’s
key findings. Policy Note 2 focuses on water and irrigation,
Policy...
Capitalizing the results of the
Mainstreaming Sustainable Cattle Ranching Project in
Colombia with purpose of supporting relevant stakeholders in
the making decisions...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138553Date: June 28, 2019
The P-tracking for Village Panchayat
Development Planning pilot program attempts to modernize the
process of VP development planning by replacing the
conventional transect...
Myanmar's energy consumption is
among the lowest in the world. About 70 percent of the
population has no access to electricity, and the consumption
per capita is 160...
Type: ReportReport#: 138333Date: June 23, 2019Author:
Agha, Saad ;
Penglis, Evangelos ;
Roland-Holst,David W. ;
Rabbi, Faisal
Colombia’s solid economic growth since
early 2000s has led to significant social improvements.
Since the turn of the century, extreme poverty in Colombia
almost halved,...
Improving the livelihoods of poor
households and transitioning more women back to the labor
force is a major challenge in South Asia. Self-employment
promoted through...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8883Date: June 11, 2019Author:
Pandey,Vivek ;
Gupta,Abhishek ;
Gupta,Shivani
This story highlights entrepreneurs in
developing countries face a number of challenges, including
inadequate access to finance, lack of appropriate
technology, poor...
Approximately 1.2 billion people will
need to gain access to electricity to achieve universal
access by 2030. The only way to achieve this is through a
combination of...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 138093Date: June 1, 2019
Agriculture continues to play a very
important role in Myanmar’s economy. For many years,
understanding the dynamics and performance of Myanmar’s
agriculture has been...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138214Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Ahmed,Hanane ;
Haile,Mekbib Gebretsadik ;
Jaffee,Steven M. ;
Zorya,Sergiy ;
Cassou,Emilie ;
Watkins,Steven
The World Bank Group’s Tokyo Development
Learning Center (TDLC) program is a partnership of the
Government of Japan and the World Bank though the Social,
Urban, Rural...
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