Middle-income countries are in a race against time. Many of them have done well since the 1990s to escape low-income levels and eradicate extreme poverty, leading to the perception that the last three...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 192949Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Labour migration has become a pivotal topic in economic and social development, impacting both countries of origin and destination. When managed effectively, labour migration can serve as a powerful tool...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196827Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Schweitzer, Julian ;
Dausendschön, Alina ;
Vélez, Lucía F. Mesa ;
Jütersonke, Oliver
The aim of this note is to help stakeholders optimize their decision-making on when, where, and how to use debt-for-development swaps (debt swaps), ensuring they bring the intended benefits to all parties...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192886Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Tanzania is seeking US100 million dollars in support from the IDA CRW PLUS (CRW+) to respond to landslides, floods and Cyclone Hidaya disasters caused by El-Niño. The El-Niño phenomenon led to above average...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192836Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused exclusively on the private sector. IFC help developing countries achieve...
Type: BriefReport#: 192815Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Middle-income countries are in a race against time. Many of them have done well since the 1990s to escape low-income levels and eradicate extreme poverty, leading to the perception that the last three...
Type: BriefReport#: 192949Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The public procurement function plays a key role in meeting the European Union’s (EU) strategic goal of becoming the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world and securing the benefits...
Type: ReportReport#: 193620Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The public procurement function plays a key role in meeting the strategic goal of the European Union (EU) to become the most competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world and to secure the...
Type: ReportReport#: 193621Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Government of Honduras (GoH), through the Secretariat of Infrastructure and Transportation (SIT), is developing the CA-4 and CA-13 Highway Connectivity Project, which consists of the construction and...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193164Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
There is an urgent need for addressing the water security related challenges in Azerbaijan given the increasing water scarcity, mainly due to high dependence on transboundary water sources. The water scarcity...
Type: ReportReport#: 193150Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Smita Misra
International Finance Corporation (IFC) helps renewable energy companies build the case for action on gender. IFC catalyze renewable energy companies to take-up gender-smart initiatives. IFC enable senior...
Type: BriefReport#: 192819Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Kate M. Lazarus ;
Ellen Claire Maynes
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the major health and development challenges of our time. Every year, about 41 million people die due to NCDs. This makes up about 74 percent of all deaths globally,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193504Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Jha,Prabhat ;
Alleyne,George ;
Isenman,Paul ;
Gisela M. Garcia ;
Seemeen Saadat ;
Jeremy Veillard ;
Sameera Maziad Al Tuwaijri
This study examines the medical, economic, and social costs– to individuals, families, communities, and societies of people becoming permanently disabled in road traffic accidents The World Health Organization’s...
Type: ReportReport#: 193554Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Charlotte Vuyiswa McClain-Nhlapo ;
Deepti Samant Raja ;
Groce, Nora ;
Mont, Daniel ;
Hanass-Hancock, Jill ;
Pinilla-Roncancio, Monica ;
Chatukuta, Mitchel
Middle-income countries are in a race against time. Many of them have done well since the 1990s to escape low-income levels and eradicate extreme poverty, leading to the perception that the last three...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 192949Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Georgia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Georgia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 192795Date: August 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The paper provides practical guidance on how the concept of resilience can be applied by SSI programming as well as Community and Local Development (CLD) work led by other global practices. Targeted primarily...
Type: ReportReport#: 194505Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Patrick John Barron ;
Jose Antonio Cuesta Leiva ;
Jana El-Horr ;
Juliette E. Wilson
This is the eleventh edition of the Republic of Congo Economic Update. Each edition of this annual report presents an overview of the Republic of Congo’s (ROC) evolving macroeconomic position, followed...
Type: ReportReport#: 192973Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Vincent De Paul Tsoungui Belinga ;
Marilyne Florence Mafoboue Youbi ;
Chris Belmert Katindi Milindi ;
Ryan Milan Rafaty ;
Dukken Gaphi Ossouna ;
Cheick Fantamady Kante ;
Sandeep Mahajan ;
Robert Johann Utz ;
Clelia Rontoyanni ;
Guillemette Sidonie Jaffrin
The objective of this paper is to summarize analysis conducted to provide inputs to the Hybrid Social Protection Scheme (HSPS) pilot. Following the analysis conducted, the Benazir Income Support Program...
This Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report provides a synopsis of the estimated direct economic damage in Grenada following the passage of Hurricane Beryl. The report is based on...
Type: ReportReport#: 193457Date: August 1, 2024Author:
Rashmin Gunasekera ;
Oscar Anil Ishizawa Escudero ;
James Edward Daniell ;
Antonios Pomonis ;
Harriette Stone ;
Toyos, Guillermo ;
Brand, Johannes ;
Romero, Roberth ;
Diana Cubas ;
Jung Roxanne Weil
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
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