Bhutan has been reforming its doing
business environment in recent years as part of a policy
shift to improving its investment climate and economic
performance.Overall,...
Substantial gains have been made in
recent years in electrifying urban and peri-urban areas in
the developing world, in partial fulfillment of the global
commitment...
The work examines the state of CF
(community forestry) and community forest enterprises (CFE)
in Myanmar, assessing their impacts, exploring the
challenges to and opportunities...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137625Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Fodor,Martin ;
Ling,Stephen
Indonesia’s real sector recorded strong
outcomes with the Manufacturing PMI rising, the consumer
confidence index increasing and the retail sales index
growth accelerating....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 142776Date: June 1, 2019
The Country Opinion Survey in Fiji
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Fiji perceive the WBG.
It provides the...
Type: ReportReport#: 143384Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Felzer,Sharon
This guidance note presents an overview
of the benefits of improving energy efficiency in urban
water and wastewater utilities (WWUs). It defines the
typical energy...
Type: BriefReport#: 138001Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Limaye,Dilip R. ;
Welsien,Kristoffer
Greening Pakistan’s industry has become
an imperative to minimize its adverse impacts on the
environment and society, but also to sustain the sector’s
growth. Despite...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139151Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Coste,Antoine
Local benefit sharing is about ensuring
that host and impacted communities receive value from
industrial projects located on their lands, in the form of
social, economic,...
Type: ReportReport#: 162074Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Arsenova,Maria V. ;
Wlokas,Holle Linnea
In 2018, the economy expanded at a brisk
pace - Rwanda's 8.6 percent growth was the highest
onthe continent. Growth was broad-based. Recovering from the
droughts of...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 138242Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Mkrtchyan,Aghassi ;
Niyibizi,Peace Aimee ;
Huenteler,Joern Torsten ;
Semikolenova,Yadviga Viktorivna ;
Kipwola,Norah ;
Singh,Arun
This case study illustrates how
investments in energy-efficient technologies helped a
Bosnian soda ash manufacturer reduce climate impacts and
increase profits.
Myanmar's forest and timber sector
has been central to the country's economy and society,
particularly over the last century. Myanmar's forests
contain some of the most...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 137627Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Win,Aye Marlar ;
Verheijen,Lesya ;
Doetinchem,Nina ;
Fodor,Martin ;
Springate-Baginski,Oliver ;
Ling,Stephen ;
Hunter,Rory John ;
Aung,Thiri ;
Kornexl,Werner L.
This activity builds on the previous
work developed during 2016—17 by the World Bank Group to
strengthen Argentina’s integration into the global economy.
To continue...
During the 1990s, a new paradigm for
power sector organization grew out of the wider Washington
Consensus and was spearheaded by the multilateral
institutions. The actual...
The objective of this study is to
identify the factors that need to be improved in the
existing regulatory framework with respect to regulation of
investments at the...
Just energy transition is key to South
Africa’s inclusive and sustainable growth. It is necessary
to unlock large pools of private capital and attract foreign
investment...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 138834Date: June 1, 2019Author:
Suphachalasai,Suphachol ;
Suriyagoda,Nuwan ;
Mccormick,Michael Stephen
This paper investigates the
distributional direct welfare impact on households resulting
from fuel subsidy removal. Note that this analysis focuses
only on the direct...
Ratification of the Organic Law for the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, Republic
Act No. 11054, (BOL) in January 2019 was a major landmark in
the evolution...
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 140534Date: May 31, 2019
The world is experiencing a
technological revolution with far reaching implications for
developing and developed countries. Technological disruption
is not new, but...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 137905Date: May 31, 2019
The World Bank Group (WBG) assistance to
individual countries is driven by the Systematic Country
Diagnostic (SCD), which identifies the critical constraints
and opportunities...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 139522Date: May 31, 2019
The GICA Outlook is organized into four
sections: (1) An introduction to a framework for global
connectivity and its levers; (2) an outline of four
megatrends that the...
Type: Deliverable DocumentReport#: 138004Date: May 30, 2019
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