Poverty in Indonesia is becoming an
increasingly urban phenomenon. Around 39 percent of
Indonesia’s poor now reside in urban areas, up rising from
around 28 percent...
Type: ReportReport#: 151811Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Indrakesuma,Taufik Ramadhan ;
Lain,Jonathan William
Global growth continued its 2017
momentum in early 2018. Global growth reached a stronger
than- expected 3 percent in 2017 — a notable recovery from a
post-crisis low...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127254Date: May 1, 2018
The World Bank maintains its growth
forecast for the Philippines at 6.7 percent for 2018. In the
first quarter of 2018, the Philippines economy grew by 6.8
percent....
In a resilient city, the passenger
transport system offers multiple modes of transport to its
users to ensure the continuity of mobility in the event of
disruptions,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126007Date: May 1, 2018
The World Bank has many tools available
to task teams to support technical assistance and operations
related to resilience, especially focused on disaster risk
management...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125991Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Lynch,Catherine
Indonesia’s economy expanded 5.1 percent
year-on-year (yoy) in the first quarter of 2018. Gross
domestic product (GDP) growth was recorded at 5.1 percent
yoy in the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129756Date: May 1, 2018
The theory-of-change narrative that
follows builds on STIR’s documentation as well as ID
insight's understanding of the program, built through
discussions and workshops...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127797Date: May 1, 2018
Transport is a key element in the
infrastructure of a nation as it provides services essential
for promoting economic and social development and plays a
significant...
Russia’s spatial disparities stem
largely from its economic geography, which is unique and has
no parallels even when compared to seemingly similar
countries such as...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 126805Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Sanghi,Apurva ;
Abate,Megersa Abera ;
Benitez,Daniel Alberto ;
Cineas,Grace ;
Kim,Yeon Soo ;
Stavrou,Stavros George ;
Matytsin,Mikhail ;
Rostovtseva,Irina
The report focuses exclusively on data
and information on the evolving initiatives that put a price
on carbon, in terms of their most current status and
emerging trends....
This study seeks to estimate the effects
of access to agent banking on opening and usage of a savings
account in urban and peri-urban areas in Senegal. A randomly
selected...
Type: BriefReport#: 126040Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Buri,Sinja ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Giné, Xavier ;
Harten,Sven ;
Heitmann,Soren
The Urban Growth Scenarios for the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (2015-2030) is a project
developed in coordination with the Ministry of Planning and
International Cooperation...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127105Date: May 1, 2018
This paper studies the production and
trade linkages between a selected group of economies
belonging to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). After
defining a group of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8423Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Boffa,Mauro
The Country Opinion Survey in Bulgaria
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Bulgaria perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143127Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Worldwide, approximately 781 million
adults are unable to read or write in any language. While
adult literacy rates have increased significantly over the
past several...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 127978Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Igarashi,Takiko
This document summarizes the potential
environmental and social impacts of the project based on
above-mentioned safeguards documents. It highlights the key
environmental...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 128905Date: May 1, 2018
Impact Evaluation to Development Impact
(i2i) is a multi-donor trust fund managed by Development
Impact Evaluation (DIME) in the World Bank Research Group.
It is designed...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 125898Date: May 1, 2018
Road crashes are among the most
significant public health issues of the century; they
account for 97 percent of deaths across all modes of
transport. The latest WHO...
Type: BriefReport#: 130018Date: May 1, 2018Author:
Bose,Dipan ;
Marquez,Patricio V. ;
Job,Raymond Franklin Soames
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