This paper documents that senior plant
managers in less-developed countries spend more time dealing
with government rules and regulations than their
counterparts in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10761Date: May 3, 2024Author:
Tamkoc,Mehmet Nazim ;
Ventura,Gustavo
The Country Opinion Survey in Somalia
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding
how stakeholders in Somalia perceive the WBG. It provides
the WBG with...
Type: ReportReport#: 190371Date: May 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper studies how air quality
around combustion power plants changes in response to
hydrological droughts that affect hydropower generation.
Using fixed-effect...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10760Date: May 3, 2024Author:
Eriksson,Mathilda ;
del Valle,Alejandro ;
De La Fuente,Alejandro
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a
global health security and development challenge that poses
a threat to public health and economic prosperity. It is a
challenge...
Type: ReportReport#: 189949Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Maldives experienced a slowdown in
economic growth in 2023, despite an increase in tourist
arrivals. The GDP growth rate was 4.0 percent, well below
the pre-pandemic...
Type: ReportReport#: 190012Date: May 2, 2024Author:
Atas,Erdem ;
Sheriff,Shaira Karishma ;
Walker,Richard Ancrum ;
Smith,Gregory Lawrence Barrett
Persons with disabilities are
particularly vulnerable, as they suffer disproportionately
from social and economic stigmatization and various forms of
exclusion. Intensifying...
Type: ReportReport#: 189798Date: May 2, 2024Author:
Choi,Narae ;
Ba,Sokhna ;
Coulibaly,Mamani Massiri ;
Newman,Charles Kevin ;
Hasoloan,Jonathan Todo ;
Semichon, Marine ;
Ayih-Akakpo, Ayih M. Arnold ;
Boltz, Caroline ;
Diagne,Mamadou ;
Seck, Mokhtar ;
Varnai, Bea
Senegal has a population of
approximately 18 million people, with almost half of its
citizens living in urban areas, well ahead of the
Sub-Saharan average. The vulnerability...
Type: BriefReport#: 189801Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)
signed in 2017 sets the vision and governance framework for
establishing a Pan-Arab Electricity Market (PAEM). The
signing of the...
Type: ReportReport#: 192646Date: May 2, 2024Author:
Bowman,Carl Douglas ;
Kamh,Mohamed Zakaria ;
Alhaddad,Waleed Tayseer A
Europe’s risk profile and
projected climate change impacts, concentration of
population, and aging infrastructure and assets call for
urgent action to improve...
Type: ReportReport#: 189809Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The ongoing conflict in Yemen is
estimated to have led to the loss of around 377,000 lives by
2022, out of a total population of 33.7 million. 3.4 million
people need...
Type: BriefReport#: 189800Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Procurement in investment project
financing supports borrowers to achieve value for money with
integrity in delivering sustainable development
. This report...
Type: ReportReport#: 189811Date: May 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
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