Angola is a middle-income country, but
it has high poverty and vulnerability levels. In urban
areas, households living in poverty or vulnerable to poverty
are significantly...
Type: ReportReport#: 187744Date: January 31, 2024Author:
Paul,Boban Varghese ;
Campero Peredo,Alejandra ;
Archibald,Edward Morrison ;
Mehta,Helly Dharmesh ;
Sousa,Liliana Do Couto ;
Zane,Giulia ;
Diro, Rahel ;
Krishnamurthy, Krishna ;
Allognon, Lauren ;
Antos,Sarah Elizabeth ;
Hernandez, Nelson
GovTech is a whole-of-government
approach that promotes simple, efficient and transparent
government with the citizen at the center of reforms. While
earlier e-government...
Type: ReportReport#: 185055Date: January 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The final national accounts for 2022
have slightly raised the non-oil growth rate, with
consumption driving economic activities. The IX
Constitutional Government has...
Type: ReportReport#: 187894Date: January 31, 2024Author:
Rezza,Alief Aulia ;
Pakpahan,Yus Medina ;
Suharnoko,Bambang ;
Celik,Cigdem ;
Alibhai,Aly Salman ;
Arsana,I Gede Putra ;
Koenig,Calvin Zif ;
Laure,Alexandre Hugo
This report provides an analysis of
access to essential health services in Myanmar from 2021 to
2023, based on publicly available sources of information as
well as multiple...
Type: ReportReport#: 188953Date: January 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Air pollution is a major threat to
health, and the dangers are particularly acute in low- and
middle-income countries. However, little is known about how
the burden...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10689Date: January 31, 2024Author:
Behrer,Arnold Patrick ;
Heft-Neal,Sam
Cameroon remains at high risk of debt
distress while its overall debt sustainability indicators
have been broadly stable compared to the previous debt
sustainability...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 189921Date: January 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Over the past few decades, the Republic
of Korea has consciously undertaken initiatives to transform
its economy into a competitive, data-driven system. The
primary...
Type: ReportReport#: 186938Date: January 31, 2024Author:
Khoury,Zaki Badie ;
Ko,Yoon Seok ;
Eom,Seok Jin ;
Park, Keon Chul ;
Park, Jung-Eun ;
Cho, Bora ;
Lee,Jisoo ;
Lesnichaya,Yulia
The debt sustainability assessment
remains unchanged compared to the July 2023 Debt
Sustainability Analysis (DSA). The overall and external
public debt are assessed...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 188722Date: January 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This document sets forth the Country
Partnership Framework (CPF) for Somalia for fiscal years
(FYs) 2024 to 2028. The previous CPF (FY19-23) scaled-up
assistance to...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 187254Date: January 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report on the Availability and
Pricing of Essential Medicines in Myanmar relies on multiple
assessments (2021 - 2023) conducted jointly by the World
Bank and World...
Type: ReportReport#: 188954Date: January 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Nepal’s economic and social
development is being hampered by inadequate energy supply.
To address this, the Upper Arun Hydro-Electric Limited
(UAHEL), a subsidiary...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 187653Date: January 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper reviews the main findings
from 113 studies produced between 1990 and 2023, focusing on
the impact of migration on various child groups affected
through the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10686Date: January 30, 2024Author:
Cortina Toro,Magdalena ;
Jimenez,Juan Miguel ;
Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana
Recent calls on central banks and
financial regulators to use the tools at their disposal to
help mitigate the negative economic and social impacts of
climate policies...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10685Date: January 30, 2024Author:
Calice,Pietro ;
Demekas,Dimitri G.
This report analyzes the distributional
impacts of the main taxes and transfers on
households’ welfare in the West Bank and Gaza.
The analysis uses the Commitment...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10687Date: January 30, 2024Author:
Amjad,Beenish ;
Carrasco Nunez,Haydeeliz ;
Finn,Arden Jeremy ;
Goldman,Maya Scott
This paper quantifies the impact of
drought on household consumption for five main
agroecological zones in Africa, developing vulnerability (or
damage) functions of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10683Date: January 29, 2024Author:
Gascoigne,Jon ;
Baquie,Sandra ;
Vinha,Katja Pauliina ;
Skoufias,Emmanuel ;
Calcutt,Evie Isabel Neall ;
Kshirsagar,Varun Sridhar ;
Meenan,Conor ;
Hill,Ruth
Better managed firms perform better.
Existing evidence has shown that family-managed firms have
poorer management practices. Several reasons have been
proposed. Limiting...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10684Date: January 29, 2024Author:
Islam,Asif Mohammed ;
Gatti,Roberta V.
This memorandum provides the quarterly
update of International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development (IBRD’s) lending rates and spreads
pursuant to the standard...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 187560Date: January 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
Child marriage is recognized as a major
burden in low-income countries, with severe consequences on
women’s life trajectories. It is particularly
pervasive in...
Type: BriefReport#: 187400Date: January 27, 2024Author:
Giacobino,Hélène ;
Huillery,Elise ;
Michel,Bastien Pierre ;
Sage,Mathilde
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