In the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA), tourism is a key driver for economicgrowth, job
creation, and economic diversification. The sector is
especially criticalfor...
Type: ReportReport#: 191262Date: July 23, 2024Author:
World Bank
International trade can be a powerful
force for economic growth and poverty reduction. This report
aims to support policy dialogue with the government of South
Africa...
Type: ReportReport#: 192661Date: July 23, 2024Author:
World Bank
In the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA), tourism is a key driver for economicgrowth, job
creation, and economic diversification. The sector is
especially criticalfor...
Type: ReportReport#: 191262Date: July 23, 2024Author:
World Bank
The White Paper on Universal Health
Coverage (UHC) for Saint Lucia provides key policy
directions and strategies for achieving UHC in the country.
It outlines various...
Type: Policy PaperReport#: 192929Date: July 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the pervasiveness of
tax evasion among firms in Indonesia and the characteristics
associated with higher levels of noncompliance. Tax evasion
is...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10857Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Hoy,Christopher Alexander ;
Jolevski,Filip ;
Obeyesekere,Sheannal Anthony Manindha
There is broad consensus that
sufficiently high carbon prices play an important role in
moving countries to low-carbon pathways. It is important for
many governments...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192660Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Lehr,Ulrike Gabriel Elisabeth Augusta ;
Dorband,Ira Irina ;
Hardadi,Gilang
There is broad consensus that
sufficiently high carbon prices are important in moving
countries to low carbon pathways. Carbon pricing
disincentivizes carbon-intensive...
Type: ReportReport#: 192659Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Lehr,Ulrike Gabriel Elisabeth Augusta ;
Dorband,Ira Irina ;
Gilang Hadardi
As the world endeavors to decarbonize
and shift toward sustainable energy sources, power systems
will become increasingly dependent on weather conditions.
This dependence...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10858Date: July 22, 2024Author:
Farnham,David ;
Eisenberg,Ross Marc ;
Bonnafous,Luc Marius Jacques
The World Bank’s
(WB’s) multi-donor trust fund (MDTF) to Advance
Universal Health Coverage (Advance UHC) supports developing
countries to advance towards...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 192657Date: July 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Committee on Development
Effectiveness (CODE) met to consider the Independent
Evaluation Group (IEG) report entitled Making Waves - World
Bank Support for the Blue...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193337Date: July 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global funds to support climate
adaptation are a lifeline for low-income countries, and
nowhere is this more evident than in settings facing
fragility and conflict....
Type: ReportReport#: 192639Date: July 19, 2024Author:
Lindsey Paul Jones ;
Banga,Josue ;
Notkin,Benjamin Savely ;
Brochen,Arthur Guillaume Julien
The World Bank has performed exploratory
decarbonization analyses to identify policy and investment
priorities to deeply decarbonize the power sector in select
countries....
Type: ReportReport#: 193826Date: July 19, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper explores trends in and the
potential determinants of the types of jobs held by workers,
and their relationship with poverty reduction, in an
unbalanced panel...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10856Date: July 18, 2024Author:
Choi,Yunji ;
Gronert Alvarez,Mario Andres ;
Honorati,Maddalena ;
Merfeld,Joshua David ;
Newhouse,David Locke
This guidance note outlines the
objective and methodology of the Container Port Performance
Index 2023 (CPPI). It is designed to help stakeholders
interpret the results...
Type: ReportReport#: 192626Date: July 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cities are often heralded as the engines
of economic growth, contributing a disproportionate share of
a country's GDP relative to their population size. This
trend has...
Type: ReportReport#: 192630Date: July 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
The objectives of the quantitative
research are: quantify traveler profile; importance of
sustainability and traveler understanding of nature based
tourism (NBT) versus...
Type: ReportReport#: 192386Date: July 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey
(UHFPS), regularly collected by the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics (UBOS) in collaboration with the World Bank since
2020, included...
Type: BriefReport#: 192620Date: July 18, 2024Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Cochinard,Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor,John ;
Audrey Kemigisha ;
Andrew Mupere ;
Ponzini,Giulia
Brazil possesses an abundance of natural
resources that contribute to meeting its energy demand.
Thanks to a traditional base of hydroelectric power and the
more recent...
Type: ReportReport#: 192633Date: July 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
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