The Lao People’s Democratic Republic
(PDR) is exposed to significant climate and disaster risks.
The country’s rapid economic development can put more people
and assets...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139165Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Quiroga,Sonia
Published semiannually, Global Economic
Prospects includes analysis of topical policy challenges
faced by developing countries. Global activity is firming
broadly as...
Type: PublicationReport#: 158313Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Arteta,Carlos ;
Stocker,Marc ;
Kirby,Patrick Alexander ;
Vashakmadze,Ekaterine T. ;
Wheeler,Collette Mari ;
Vorisek,Dana Lauren ;
Okawa, Yoki ;
Ye,Lei Sandy ;
Taskin,Temel ;
Kambou,Gerard ;
Macadangdang,Maria Hazel ;
Maximiliano,Adriana A. ;
Singson Dinglasan,Rosalie Marie Lourdes ;
Almeida,Luiz H. ;
Berghauser,Andrew Charles ;
Broadfoot,Adam J. ;
Gokdemir,Nazim Aziz ;
Harrup,Michael Brian ;
Mcfadden,Jewel Monique
Drawing from the presidential review
commission review, and from other available materials, this
background note for the South Africa systematic country
diagnostic synthesizes...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127288Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Kikeri,Sunita
Green Small and Growing Businesses
(SGBs) in South Africa often struggle to take full advantage
of local market opportunities and lack the global assets
required to...
As environmental challenges mount in
Kenya, including in the plastics waste sector, a growing
number of companies are seeking business opportunities in
green sectors....
Much of Liberia’s infrastructure to
generate, transmit, and distribute electric power was
destroyed during 15 years of civil conflict. At the time the
project was being...
Bhutan maintained solid growth and
macroeconomic stability during 2016/17. The national poverty
headcount rate fell from 12 percent in 2012 to 8 percent in
2017. However,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127476Date: June 1, 2018
This publication is the executive
summary of the “Romania Water Diagnostic Report,” prepared
by the World Bank to support its water sector dialogue with
the Government...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127630Date: June 1, 2018
The seventh edition of the Joint Report
on Multilateral Development Bank' Climate Finance is an
overview of financing committed by the African Development
Bank (AfDB),...
Access to electricity is still limited
in many developing nations. A variety of factors underlie
this problem, but one core issue is that a map of the
high-voltage (HV)...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 154443Date: June 1, 2018
Romania is one of the fastest-growing
economies in the European Union, with a growth rate of 7
percent in 2017 (National Institute of Statistics). Growth
is expected...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 128101Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Vintan,Adina Dorina ;
Cira,Dean A. ;
Ionescu-Heroiu,Marcel
This methodology report on the tools
used for the PROFOR study was therefore compiled as a
resource for the Philippine government and civil society to
support replication...
Vietnam’s economy continues to see
strong growth compared to regional and global economies.
Developing energy to meet socio-economic growth’s demand is
inevitable, however,...
The Country Opinion Survey in Kuwait
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Kuwait perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 143177Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Felzer,Sharon
This reference guide explains how the
Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and European
Development Finance Institutions (EDFls) calculate and
jointly report private...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127364Date: June 1, 2018
As a forest poor country, Pakistan has
witnessed a drastic decrease in its forest resources over
the last few decades, as well as serious soil erosion,
frequent floods...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 131906Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Koirala,Rajesh ;
Ru,Jiang ;
Jabeen,Rahat
The Zambézia Integrated Landscape
Management Program (ZILMP) is a jurisdictional REDD program
designed by the government of Mozambique (GoM) to contribute
to long-term...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129041Date: June 1, 2018
Zambia is a lower middle-income country
that has made significant socioeconomic progress over the
past decade, with economic growth averaging 5.7 percent and
2011 per...
Environment-friendly transport
solutions’ (EFTS) is one of three sub-thematic priority
areas (STPAs) grouped under the transport and mobility
thematic priority area...
The Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU)
reports on and analyzes recent economic developments and
policies within medium-term, regional, and global contexts
and analyzes...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 127049Date: June 1, 2018Author:
Mansaray,Kemoh ;
Mukim,Megha ;
Kerali,Henry G. R. ;
Dadi,Abebe Adugna ;
Brhane,Meskerem ;
Brar,Parminder P. S. ;
Ahodehou,Lydie ;
Laouali Ladjo,Karima
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