At the heart of International Finance
Corporation’s (IFC’s) approach to blended finance are
efforts to create and help sustain private markets with
strong development...
Type: BriefReport#: 125904Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Sierra-Escalante,Kruskaia ;
Lauridsen,Morten Lykke
Economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is
estimated to have picked up to 2.6 percent in 2017 from 1.5
percent in 2016. This upswing reflected, on the supply side,
rising...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 125329Date: April 1, 2018
The Iraq Economic Monitor provides an
update on key economic developments and policies over the
previous six months and presents findings from recent World
Bank work...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125406Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Bandiera,Luca ;
Celiku,Bledi ;
Maseeh,Ashwaq Natiq
GDP growth is estimated to have remained
flat at 2.2 percent in 2017, in part reflecting the effects
of the ongoing rift with its neighbors. However, growth is
expected...
When oil prices started rising in 2010,
the Malagasy government introduced fuel subsidies to keep
energy prices low. When global oil prices fell in 2015, fuel
subsidies...
Type: BriefReport#: 125947Date: April 1, 2018Author:
ESMAP
The apparel supply chain is global,
comprised of millions of small, medium and large
manufacturers in every region of the world, all operating
under intense pressure...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125921Date: April 1, 2018
The Noor-Ouarzazate complex is one of
the largest concentrating solar power (CSP) facilities in
the world—so large, in fact, that it is visible from space.
Its goal...
Type: BriefReport#: 125048Date: April 1, 2018Author:
ESMAP
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to half of
all people in extreme poverty. It also has the largest
number of countries torn by conflict and instability,
complicating the fight...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125925Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Aykut,Dilek ;
Blaszkiewicz-Schwartzman,Monika
Seventy-eight submissions received from
8 countries for the South Asia Procurement Innovation Awards
2017 resonate the above message sent across to procurement
entities...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124862Date: April 1, 2018
This Environmental and Social Impact
Assessment (ESIA) report was prepared by ÇINAR Engineering
Consultancy Inc. with the purposes of evaluating the
possible environmental...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 125313Date: April 1, 2018
This roadmap is based on analyses of the
experiences with waste management in Azerbaijan, Belarus,
Bulgaria, Japan, Romania, and the European Union (EU)
generally. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 130055Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Levine,Daniel
Commodity prices strengthened in the
first quarter of 2018. Broad-based price increases were
supported by both demand and supply factors. Accelerating
global growth...
The note presents case study examples of
sovereign wealth funds (SWF) in different countries by
providing information about their operational frameworks.
The note focuses...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125967Date: April 1, 2018Author:
Bogoev,Jane
Macroeconomic conditions are improving,
as Egypt's twin deficits are narrowing and inflation
has receded sharply in recent months. The Central Bank has
cut key policy...
2017 was a politically capricious year,
commencing with much optimism emanating from the election of
President Aoun and the passage of a series of long disputed
reform...
Today, frequent and severe shocks,
especially droughts, limit the livelihood opportunities
available to millions of households and undermine efforts to
eradicate poverty...
Type: PublicationReport#: 125014Date: April 1, 2018Author:
De Haan,Cornelis ;
Koo,Jawoo ;
Morris,Michael-000013367 ;
Place,Frank M. ;
Syroka,Joanna ;
Xie,Hua
This newsletter includes the following
headings: taking stock; and tabular data on major data
releases; activity and inflation; trade and finance;
financial markets;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 126621Date: March 30, 2018
The following is a transcript of an
interview conducted for a special oral history project on
the McNamara years. The project, led by John Heath from
2016-2018, was...
Type: TranscriptReport#: 147367Date: March 30, 2018
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for March 29, 2018 contains economic highlights
including: (i) Indonesia’s International Investment Position
recorded a...
This issue of Indonesia daily economic
update for March 28, 2018 contains economic highlights
including: (i) the processing time for permits used to
import materials...
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