During the period June 2019 to October
2020 the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund
(IMF) teams updated the findings of the FinancialSector
Assessment Program...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 163319Date: March 1, 2021
This final summary report is the
culmination of two stakeholder consultation workshops and
extensive data analysis and flood modelling work. It
supports the improved...
This report presents a synthesis of the
main findings of both a qualitative study conducted among
women entrepreneurs in Armenia and a quantitative survey
conducted...
Type: ReportReport#: 159060Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Karagulyan, Ella ;
Manasyan, Heghine ;
Atabekyan, Hovhannes ;
Yevdokimova, Mariam ;
Khachatryan, Narine ;
Poghosyan, Narine ;
Matthews, Ryan ;
Balasanyan, Sona ;
Grigoryan, Sona ;
Matosyan, Tigran ;
Simonyan, Zaruhi ;
Arakelyan, Mariam
Driven by the principle that by looking
after staff, the staff will look after the company, Wormald
embarked on a process to strengthen the organization’s
resilience...
This report presents the findings from a
strategic market analysis of women-led SMEs conducted in
Zambia. The objective of this report is to increase the
understanding...
The March 2021 update to the
Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) involves changes to
the data underlying the multidimensional poverty estimates
based on the Global...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157750Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Nguyen,Minh Cong ;
Wu,Haoyu ;
Lakner,Christoph ;
Schoch,Marta
When a disaster strikes, it not only
affects households’ physical assets, but also their income
levels and ability to contribute to the local economy.
Critically, these...
Type: ReportReport#: 154947Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Kerblat,Yann ;
Arab,Ali ;
Walsh,Brian James ;
Simpson,Alanna Leigh ;
Hallegatte,Stephane
Established in 1910 in Manila, Insular
Life (known as InLife) is a leading life insurer in the
Philippines, and also operates a health maintenance
organization, InLife...
Type: BriefReport#: 159092Date: March 1, 2021Author:
Fall Epouse Giwa,Fatou Mbodj ;
Sherchan,Prapti ;
Ebrahimi,Sarah Anne ;
Diop,Fatim
Mexico has made great strides recently
in its fight against climate change. The enactment of the
Climate Change Law in 2012 and its reform in 2018 led to the
creation...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002147Date: March 1, 2021
This report provides guidance to policy
and decision makers on holistic approaches to resilient
services for water supply and sanitation (WSS) in the
Caribbean, a high-risk...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 165669Date: February 28, 2021Author:
Medina,Daniel Ernesto ;
Kullmann,Craig Phillip ;
Felter,Gregory Calner
These remarks were delivered by the
World Bank Group President David Malpass at Session 2 , of
the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
on February...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 157707Date: February 26, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
This report discusses the remarks
delivered by David Malpass, President of the World Bank. He
talks about: inequality, poverty, and climate change will be
the defining...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 157703Date: February 26, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
Global water management must transform
to meet the challenges of the present and the future.
Climate change has made the water cycle far less predictable
- and water...
This report provides climate change and
water scarcity infographic. In 2020, the World Bank Group
(WBG) committed billions to climate-related investments,
surpassing...
The global crisis of water access,
quality, and sustainability imperils lives and livelihoods.
The global water security and sanitation partnership (GWSP)
- a multi-donor...
The goal of Sri Lanka’s national quality
infrastructure (NQI) strategy is to set quality-related
functions on a course to provide high-performance services
that allow...
Type: ReportReport#: 156641Date: February 15, 2021
Protracted crises in urban contexts of
the Middle East and North Africa region present a growing
challenge for water supply and sanitation (WSS) service
providers and,...
Type: ReportReport#: 156394Date: February 5, 2021Author:
De Waal,Dominick Revell ;
Rammal,Iyad ;
Talhami,Michael ;
Hattab,Omar El ;
Abu-Lohom,Naif Mohammed ;
Mofid,Nafie Mohammed ;
Zgheib,Sally ;
Jain,Nitin ;
Skilling,Heather
Underlying gender inequalities,
especially education, are responsible for the gender digital
divide. When controlling for income and education this looks
at barriers...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 156272Date: February 2, 2021
Resilience is the capacity to prepare
for disruptions, recover from shocks, and grow from a
disruptive experience. The World Bank Group has developed a
Resilience Rating...
Type: ReportReport#: 156035Date: February 1, 2021Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Clement,Viviane Wei Chen ;
Siddiqi,Sundus Naeem ;
Winglee,Michelle Anne
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