This report is part of a collection
examining how analytics using government microdata is
revolutionizing public administration throughout the world.
The collection...
Type: ReportReport#: 193317Date: August 29, 2024Author:
Hasnain,Zahid ;
Khurshid,Ayesha ;
Lundy,Timothy Steven ;
Rogger,Daniel Oliver
Despite abundant water resources, Sierra
Leone faces an economic water scarcity due to limited
infrastructure. This report provides evidence of the current
state of...
Type: ReportReport#: 193292Date: August 28, 2024Author:
World Bank
A strong agriculture sector and food
security system can diversify the economy and systematically
strengthen national capacities to better manage risk and
recovery from...
Type: ReportReport#: 179209Date: August 28, 2024Author:
Boyer,Mary Elinor ;
John, Horton ;
María Florencia, Millán ;
Grosjean,Christophe Frederic Robert ;
Arias, Ramón Ernesto ;
Mora Lopez,Elena ;
Wrede,Peter Friedrich Wilhelm ;
De Kort,Rendell Ernest ;
Justiniano,Ivelisse ;
Chapman, Regis
In its fourth edition, and with
translations into 13 languages, this publication gives
readers a broad and basic understanding of the key issues
for each International...
Type: PublicationReport#: 193288Date: August 28, 2024Author:
Greuning, Hennie Van
Customers are the key to any successful
business. This is as true for a mobile money venture as it
is for any other enterprise that serves customers. Yet a
detailed...
Type: BriefReport#: 193265Date: August 27, 2024Author:
World Bank
Sub-Saharan Africa’s low
agricultural productivity exacerbates rural poverty. An
important investment, the sustainable use of groundwater for
irrigation, has...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10885Date: August 27, 2024Author:
Srivastava,Bhavya ;
Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu ;
Goyal,Aparajita ;
Dabalen,Andrew L.
IFC strategy in Uzbekistan is in line
with the World Bank Group Country Partnership Strategy and
is mainly focused on the financial sector and agribusiness.
Through...
Type: BriefReport#: 193286Date: August 27, 2024Author:
World Bank
Governments and nongovernmental
organizations around the world utilize Community-Driven
Development (CDD) approaches to address complex and
overlapping development challenges....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10883Date: August 27, 2024Author:
Barron,Patrick John ;
Fernandes,Patricia Maria ;
Winkler,Stephen Joseph ;
Woolcock,Michael
The People's Democratic Republic of
Lao (Lao PDR) is pursuing a strategy of renewable energy
sector expansion for domestic consumption and export to
support socio-economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 193266Date: August 27, 2024Author:
World Bank
Across the Middle East and North Africa
(MENA) region, land is a scarce and valuable resource. The
projected increase in land demand due to demographic trends,
coupled...
Type: PublicationReport#: 193268Date: August 27, 2024Author:
Corsi,Anna ;
Selod,Harris
Card enabled payment service providers
(PSPs) exist in Uzbekistan such as CLICKand UPAY. Very few
banks have mobile banking application for retail
customers.However,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193287Date: August 27, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the impact of
refugee camp hosting on local communities, specifically the
Rohingya crisis in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. It
uses remote sensing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10884Date: August 27, 2024Author:
Etang Ndip,Alvin ;
Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana ;
Urbina,Maria Jose ;
Wieser,Christina
The Turkish financial sector is highly
advanced. However, stakeholders appear less driven to
promote accesfinancis to financial services other than
payment services....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193262Date: August 26, 2024Author:
Lake,Andrew James ;
Ramji,Minakshi
Advances in the scale and sophistication
of individual income data compiled across high-income
countries have enabled researchers to measure inequality and
intergenerational...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10880Date: August 26, 2024Author:
Van Der Weide,Roy ;
Woolcock,Michael
While development literature has come a
long way in conceptualizing and measuring poverty
multidimensionally, policy interventions to address it
remain trapped in fragmented,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10882Date: August 26, 2024Author:
Stojkoski,Viktor ;
Lopez-Calva,Luis-Felipe ;
Bolch,Kimberly Blair ;
Fernandez,Almudena
Biodiversity underpins the provision of
critical ecosystem services, but it is being lost at an
unprecedented rate and scale. The biodiversity crisis is a
threat to...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 193370Date: August 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
The ten steps to selecting a master
agent are: 1. Establish the key roles and responsibilities
of master agents.2. Chose the selection criteria that will
result in a...
Type: BriefReport#: 193263Date: August 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper contributes to the growing
body of evidence on the effects of school closures on
learning outcomes, focusing on a recent event in a
developing country. During...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10879Date: August 26, 2024Author:
Amorim,Vivian De Fatima ;
Piza,Caio ;
Lautharte Jr.,Ildo José
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