In fiscal year (FY) 2023, 41 percent of the World Bank Group financing had climate co-benefits, compared to 36 percent in FY 2022. Actual climate co-benefits in dollar amounts from IBRD/IDA rose from 26.2...
Type: ReportReport#: 192448Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
In the first half of 2023, real economic growth in the Kyrgyz Republic decelerated to 3.9 percent, down from 6.3 percent in 2022, due to a decline in remittance receipts and a cyclical slowdown in gold...
Type: ReportReport#: 192458Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Bakyt Dubashov ;
Gohar Gyulumyan ;
David Stefan Knight ;
Marin Brownbridge
International Finance Corporation (IFC) helps increase the availability and affordability of financial services for individuals and micro, small, and medium enterprises. At the end of fiscal year (FY)...
Type: BriefReport#: 192464Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Sona V. Panajyan
Microfinance is an important tool to improve livelihoods at the base of the pyramid. Access to finance has proven to reduce poverty and enable the poor build assets, increase incomes, and reduce their...
Type: BriefReport#: 192468Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Micronutrient deficiency, or hidden hunger, remains a significant problem affecting more than 2 billion people globally. Consuming a diet that is diverse in agricultural products is a primary way of decreasing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10841Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Sophia Friedson-Ridenour ;
Rachael Susan Pierotti ;
Springer,Emily ;
Gebreyohannes,Alemgena
Nexford University is an online-only institution to fill this gap between students, jobs, and tertiary education institutions. Nexford relies on open-source data to identify workforce trends and designs...
Type: BriefReport#: 193540Date: July 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
In the third year of implementation, this midterm progress report on the World Bank1
Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Climate Roadmap 2021–25 (hereafter, called the Roadmap) aims to provide an update...
Type: ReportReport#: 192445Date: July 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
At the April International Development Association (IDA) 21 Second Replenishment Meeting, Management presented the fourth annual implementation update of the IDA’s sustainable development finance policy...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192442Date: July 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
This note uses transaction level customs data for Chile and Colombia to provide insights into food price transmission from global markets to import prices. This is a non-trivial relationship with significant...
Type: ReportReport#: 192432Date: July 5, 2024Author:
Erik von Uexkull
Macroeconomic, financial, and policy-related uncertainty have increased since the COVID-19 pandemic globally and in individual developing economies in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Uncertainty...
Type: BriefReport#: 192419Date: July 4, 2024Author:
Jongrim Ha ;
Ergys Islamaj ;
Aaditya Mattoo
Croatia is a high-income country with solid macroeconomic fundamentals, which has contributed to the country’s accelerated income convergence with the rest of the EU in recent years. The sustained inflow...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 192417Date: July 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global supply chains recently faced widespread disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruptions in 2021 and 2022, while in late 2023, geopolitical incidents in the Red Sea and water shortages...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10839Date: July 3, 2024Author:
Jean Francois Arvis ;
Cordula Rastogi ;
Rodrigue,Jean-Paul ;
Daria Ulybina
Sierra Leone is among the most vulnerable countries in the world to the adverse effects of climate change such as extreme heat, droughts, wildfires, and floods. High population densities and inadequate...
Type: ReportReport#: 192423Date: July 3, 2024Author:
Frake, April ;
Boyer, Christopher ;
Iglesias, Mikhael ;
Bayntun, Claire ;
Dorey, Stephen
Early data pointed to a continued mild recovery in goods trade in 2024, with mixed performance across industries and regions. Trade in services grew in the first quarter of 2024, with significant increases...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 192368Date: July 3, 2024Author:
Ileana Cristina Constantinescu ;
Marlon Amorim ;
Jean Francois Arvis ;
Ashimi, Ricardo ;
Alvaro Raul Espitia Rueda ;
Daria Ulybina ;
Chris L Wellisz
In response to the plastic pollution crisis, many methodologies for quantification of plastic pollution have been developed. However, the breadth of these plastic pollution assessment methodologies makes...
Type: ReportReport#: 192315Date: July 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper summarizes evidence on financial instruments and regulatory approaches to spur private investment in pursuit of the 2030 Sustainable Developments Goals. Starting from a theoretical framework...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10838Date: July 2, 2024Author:
Robert J. Cull ;
Indermit S. Gill ;
Alvaro Enrique Pedraza morales ;
Claudia Ruiz Ortega ;
Federica Zeni
This report seeks to identify Jamaica’s main jobs problems, analyze their underlying causes, and provide policy options to foster debate on how to improve job outcomes. Utilizing a diagnostic approach,...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 192314Date: July 2, 2024Author:
Jose Manuel Romero ;
Clemente Avila Parra ;
Alexandra Gordina
Gender inequality is an issue that has serious consequences in all sectors of life. In sub-Saharan Africa, some progress has been made, but in general the situation remains worrying. In addition to factors...
Type: BriefReport#: 192324Date: July 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
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