Unlike most Caribbean nations, Belize is a net recipient of migrants, attracting individuals from nearby countries due to its economic stability, higher living standards, and better job opportunities....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196048Date: August 31, 2024Author:
Laura Di Giorgio ;
Claudia Lopez Rodriguez ;
Pascal Jaupart ;
Antonio Fuca ;
Talo, Teresa ;
Ana Maria Lara Salinas
Disease burden is commonly measured using a variety of health statistics, including deaths by cause, injury and disease prevalence and incidence, and disability-adjusted life years. While these metrics...
Type: ReportReport#: 193507Date: August 31, 2024Author:
Chang, Angela Y. ;
Stevens, Gretchen A. ;
Cardoso, Diego S. ;
Cao, Bochen ;
Jamison, Dean T.
Economic growth strengthened to 6.3 percent in the second quarter as investment and public consumption boosted domestic demand. The unemployment rate fell to a record low of 3.1 percent as jobs in construction...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 193429Date: August 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Coordinated efforts are needed globally to emphasize the importance of healthy longevity on both health and well-being. The concept of healthy longevity describes a process of ageing that promotes human...
Type: ReportReport#: 193523Date: August 31, 2024Author:
Wu, Daphne C. ;
Jeremy Veillard ;
Haldane, Victoria ;
Seemeen Saadat ;
Jha, Prabhat
Migration presents both challenges and opportunities that significantly impact the long-term socioeconomic development of Caribbean nations. All countries in the region experience high-skilled international...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196049Date: August 31, 2024Author:
Laura Di Giorgio ;
Claudia Lopez Rodriguez ;
Pascal Jaupart ;
Antonio Fuca ;
Talo, Teresa ;
Ana Maria Lara Salinas
Labor markets in Central America and the Dominican Republic (CADR) experience relatively limited direct effects from technological advancements compared to developed countries. However, substantial migration...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196051Date: August 31, 2024Author:
Viollaz, Mariana ;
Laguinge, Luis ;
Harry Edmund Moroz
Ecuador is a middle-income country with abundant agricultural, oil, mineral, and hydropower resources and a challenging fiscal situation. Ecuador is already facing severe consequences from climate-induced...
Type: ReportReport#: 193430Date: August 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Lebanon, the land of the cedars. Lebanon is endowed with a rich and diversified natural ecosystem, ranging across coastal areas, plains, valleys, and forests; extensive water resources through springs...
Type: ReportReport#: 196837Date: August 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Grenada has a sizable diaspora relative to its small population. In 2020, an estimated 62,200 Grenadians, or 49.5 percent of the population, lived abroad (UN DESA, 2020). The US is the primary destination...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196047Date: August 31, 2024Author:
Laura Di Giorgio ;
Claudia Lopez Rodriguez ;
Pascal Jaupart ;
Antonio Fuca ;
Talo, Teresa ;
Ana Maria Lara Salinas
The PER analysis highlights priority policy actions to increase fiscal space and improve resilience to economic shocks and climate risks through human and physical capital investments. Chapter 1 focuses...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 196814Date: August 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bhutan’s risk of overall and external debt distress is assessed as moderate, unchanged from the 2022 DSA. While the mechanical results point to a high risk of overall and external debt distress, with breaches...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 194272Date: August 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The water and sanitation sector in Azerbaijan is currently undergoing important institutional reforms for improving services including addressing its fragmentation and the existing overlaps between water-related...
Type: ReportReport#: 193296Date: August 31, 2024Author:
Smita Misra ;
Haji Huseynov ;
Poolad Karimi ;
Melissa Castera Errea ;
Janssens, Jan ;
Jafarov, Ramin ;
Mejia, Abel ;
Koldzo, Djevad ;
Mik, Joseph ;
Iyer, Sriparna
With just six years remaining before the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), the World Bank Group (WBG) Partnership Fund for the SDGs continues to be an important vehicle for progress...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 193320Date: August 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World Bank’s Development Research Group. It reports on research by the team, as well as non-World Bank research,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 193319Date: August 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Paraguay has been a beacon of macroeconomic stability, but like the rest of the region, its average growth has moderated since 2013, which has affected the pace of poverty reduction. To accelerate growth...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 191942Date: August 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Education holds the key to faster and better climate action (action that supports climate change mitigation and adaptation). This is partly because people in the eye of the crisis have insufficient knowledge...
Type: ReportReport#: 193267 Date: August 30, 2024Author:
Shwetlena Sabarwal ;
Sergio Venegas Marin ;
Marla Spivack ;
Diego Ambasz
The operation has been screened for short- and long-term climate disasters and risks and has been found to be highly exposed, while risks to project activities are moderate. Nigeria is classified as one...
Type: ReportReport#: 196997Date: August 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Growth accelerated in Q2 to 2.3 percent, slightly above expectations, but the recovery continued to lag ASEAN peers. In June, data indicated a subdued recovery, with activity slowing and consumer confidence...
Type: BriefReport#: 193303Date: August 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
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