This paper examines the implications of the IMF’s April 2024 macro-fiscal forecast updates on government health expenditure (GHE) across 170 economies through 2029, covering nearly all years remaining...
Type: ReportReport#: 194533Date: November 6, 2024Author:
Christoph Kurowski ;
Martin Schmidt ;
David B. Evans ;
Ajay Tandon ;
Patrick Hoang-Vu Eozenou ;
Jewelwayne Salcedo Cain ;
Eko Setyo Pambudi
The Country Opinion Survey in Brazil assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Brazil perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 194562Date: November 6, 2024Author:
World Bank
This study uses nighttime lights to examine the evolution of economic activity in Afghanistan after the August 2021 regime change. A year later, nighttime luminosity had dropped by 20 percent, with two-thirds...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10969Date: November 6, 2024Author:
Oscar Eduardo Barriga Cabanillas ;
Walker Kosmidou-Bradley ;
Silvia Redaelli ;
Eigo Tateishi ;
Ivo Teruggi
The World Bank adopted a new Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) in 2016 that aims to protect people and the environment from potential adverse project impacts while promoting sustainable development....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 195521Date: November 6, 2024Author:
World Bank
The impacts of climate change are already evident in Senegal (box 1.1 ) and are projected to worsen in the future with increased temperatures, greater variability, and extreme events, as well as rising...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194531Date: November 6, 2024Author:
World Bank
Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th annual study measuring the enabling conditions affecting women’s economic opportunities in 190 economies. This edition introduces two new indicators—Safety...
Type: PublicationReport#: 194559Date: November 6, 2024Author:
World Bank
In Paraguay, poverty reduction has stalled since 2014 due to a deceleration in economic growth, which has been argued to be partly due to a series of climate-related events. Nevertheless, little is known...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10970Date: November 6, 2024Author:
Teresa Janz ;
Gassmann,Franziska ;
de Ervin,Lyliana Gayoso
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Operating in more than 100...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 194527Date: November 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
Armenia’s economy is fueled by imported natural gas. The country’s power, heating, and transport sectors rely heavily on natural gas, and the energy intensity of Armenia’s gross domestic product (GDP)...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194529Date: November 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
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