Bulgaria has undergone a remarkable transformation over the past three decades. Despite this transformation and although European Union (EU) membership in 2007 raised expectations of living standards rapidly...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 191840Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ updated calendar for the period from August to October 2024, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193652Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The People's Democratic Republic of Lao (Lao PDR) is pursuing a strategy of renewable energy sector expansion for domestic consumption and export to support socio-economic development targets. Hydropower...
Type: ReportReport#: 192822Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The debt sustainability assessment remains unchanged compared to the January 2024 DSA update and the July 2023
full DSA. The overall and external public debt are assessed at high risk of distress due to...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192829Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The voluntary liquidation of the national carrier Air Vanuatu has significantly increased uncertainty around the outlook and fiscal outcomes. The immediate fallout from this development will be on tourism...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 194965Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Philippines' educational institutions and vocational schools often channel students into industries with high demand for overseas labor, such as marine shipping and healthcare. However, despite this...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196832Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Rodriguez, Ruth R. ;
Alvin P. Ang ;
Paula Maria Cerutti ;
Opiniano, Jeremaiah M.
The World Bank Group (WBG) has undertaken a new Systematic Country Diagnostic (SCD) to update the constraints to achieving inclusive growth and shared prosperity following the publication of the first...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 193645Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Bhutan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Bhutan perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 192796Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This inaugural edition of the Sanctions Board's Newsletter shares updates about recent Sanctions Board membership changes, decisions, and select sanctions data.
Type: NewsletterReport#: 192800Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
IFC’s renewable-energy investment and advisory service support spans the globe, from Africa, Asia, Eastern and Southern Europe, Latin America to the Middle East and North Africa. With experts on the ground,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192810Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Manufacturing activity slowed in May partly due to softer external demand and leading indicators suggest more moderate growth in the immediate term. Goods exports faltered on subdued Chinese demand for...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 192852Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
South Africa’s green transition will have major implications for its workforce. This note presents five strategies to prepare the workforce for the green transition. The note explores the implications...
Type: ReportReport#: 196768Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This is the first annual monitoring report under the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF) Third Party Monitoring Agent (TPMA) contract that began in January 2020. The report provides an overview...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 194856Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This document presents the FY25 World Bank Budget for Board approval. To effectively fund the work for the evolution priorities, whilst responding to the cost pressures and risks identified in the budget...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192955Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The global aquaculture industry has seen considerable expansion in recent years, driven by rising consumer needs, a lack of growth from capture fisheries, progress in production technologies, and augmented...
Type: ReportReport#: 190199Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Niger’s risk of external and overall public debt distress is assessed as “moderate”—unchanged from the previous DSA published in July 2023.2 However, the military takeover of July 2023 changed the political...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193691Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Both external and overall public debts in Nepal are assessed at low risk of debt distress, unchanged from the last year’s Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA). Present value (PV) of external debt-to-exports...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193713Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Reliance on public finances with good governance and a robust public financial management (PFM) system is essential for sustained progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). Therefore, it is incumbent...
Gender gaps in access to, and use of health and long-term care services affect both women and men, albeit differently. While male mortality due to key non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly in...
Type: BriefReport#: 193503Date: July 31, 2024Author:
Seemeen Saadat ;
Boudjadja,, Meriem ;
Sameera Maziad Al Tuwaijri
Know by many different names around the world, including duka, kirana, warung
and sari-sari, neighborhood convenience stores or micro retail shops are central to the economic fabric in emerging markets...
Type: ReportReport#: 200169Date: July 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
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