The main objective of this study is to
propose recommendations for addressing flood risks in
Greater Dhaka. This is based on an analysis of flood risks
facing the city,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123888Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Pillai,Poonam ;
Khan,Malik Fida Abdullah ;
Siercke,Guillermo A.
Vietnam is evaluating the economic gains
from deepening regional trade integration under free trade
agreements. The two major new agreements include
Comprehensive a...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124022Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Maliszewska,Maryla ;
Olekseyuk,Zoryana ;
Osorio-Rodarte,Israel
ESMAP (Energy Sector Management
Assistance Program) is a technical assistance program
managed by the World Bank and supported by 11 bilateral
donors. ESMAP launched...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123349Date: January 1, 2018
This summary covers the work of the
Program in FY17-18. In this period, the Program supported a
range of African countries through the organization of high
level workshops...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001601Date: January 1, 2018
Highlights from January 2018 edition:
the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) ended 2017 on a
new record high; the Philippine peso strengthened in
December, ending...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 122856Date: January 1, 2018
The main sources of income in Demak,
Indonesia, were traditionally based on rice cultivation and
productive mangrove fisheries. In the 1960s, Demak’s economy
was based...
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on
many aspects of the business environment. These factors can
be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an
important role...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129278Date: January 1, 2018
As the global population grows to 9
billion people by 2040, there is already a significant shift
in Energy Demand Growth that points directly to key emerging
economies....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129284Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Suriyagoda,Nuwan
Since its adoption in December 2015 by
the 21st Conference of Parties (COP21), within the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), 175
countries...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124402Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Dong,Xiaoqun ;
Mok,Rachel Chi Kiu ;
Tabassum,Durreh ;
Guigon,Pierre ;
Ferreira,Eduardo ;
Sinha,Chandra Shekhar ;
Prasad,Neeraj ;
Madden, Joe ;
Baumann, Tom ;
Libersky, Jason ;
McCormick, Eamonn ;
Cohen,Jefferson
In 2007-2009, the World Bank Art Program
organized a two–year series of events under the title
"Africa Now! Emerging Talents from the Continent on the
Move" to celebrate...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 125701Date: January 1, 2018
Market based sustainable finance
initiatives led by members of the sustainable banking
network (SBN) have made significant progress in directing
the financial sector...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 124200Date: January 1, 2018
On May 8–12, 2017, the World Bank
Disaster Risk Management (DRM) Hub in Tokyo and the
Resilient Transport Community of Practice (CoP) hosted a
week-long Technical Knowledge...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 123890Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Forni,Marc S. ;
Newman,James P. ;
Toya,Akiko ;
Jain,Vibhu
This issue of Indonesia MTI Economic
Note contains economic highlights, including: Indonesia’s
economy expanded 5.2 percent yoy in Q4, faster than the 5.1
percent growth...
A defining characteristic of the private
equity and venture capital (PE and VC) investment style is
the injection of expertise (including technical knowledge,
industry...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 133090Date: January 1, 2018Author:
Ahmad,Reyaz A. ;
Reed,Laird Scott Townsend ;
Zhang,Rong
Doing business in South Africa 2018
focuses on business regulations and their enforcement across
five doing business areas. It goes beyond Johannesburg to
benchmark...
This report provides a quantitative and
qualitative analysis of the audit market in Poland. It
provides a range of data, including on the estimated number
of companies...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 129501Date: January 1, 2018
Providers that aim to offer financial
services to the base-of-the-pyramid (BoP) face a number of
challenges. Integrating solutions with digital payments
providers is...
This report is an outcome of a World
Bank externally funded output (EFO) project financed by the
British Embassy Minsk supporting evidence-based tertiary
education policies...
Through the Myanmar partnership
multi-donor trust fund (MDTF), the World Bank Group (WBG)
has worked closely with partners to promote aid
coordination, collaboration,...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 141993Date: January 1, 2018
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