Economic growth moderated to 5.2 percent in the third quarter. On the production side, weather disturbances disrupted transport and supply chains. On the demand side, net exports declined while stronger...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 195345Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Madagascar, the world’s fourth-largest island country, is home to abundant marine and coastal resources. Its coastline is the longest in Africa, and its land area generates an exclusive economic zone (EEZ)...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194888Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
When it comes to water, Kenya is a land of contrasts. Though it is home to some of the great water towers of East Africa, 90 percent of the country is either arid or semiarid. Rainfall patterns are highly...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 195248Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Security token offerings (STOs) recently have gained attention as an alternative mechanism for funding. By leveraging blockchain technology, STOs facilitate the issuance of tokens that are backed by tangible...
Type: ReportReport#: 195662Date: November 30, 2024Author:
Jinhee Park ;
Soohyang Lee ;
Yongdae Kim
This work aims to provide high-level considerations for financial sector authorities implementing or looking to implement open finance. While design and implementation should consider the circumstances...
Type: ReportReport#: 195724Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report examines the current understanding of local government capacity
constraints and capacity-building approaches in the context of country-level implementation
of programs within the Cohesion Policy...
Type: ReportReport#: 195285Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Madagascar's human capital is highly vulnerable to climate change, with around 25% of the population living in areas prone to droughts, cyclones, or floods. These regions also suffer from low levels of...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194888Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the dynamics of poverty in Bhutan between 2017 and 2022, utilizing cross-sectional data from the Bhutan Living Standards Surveys (BLSS). The paper uses a methodology proposed by Dang...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 195907Date: November 30, 2024Author:
Nicola Amendola ;
Federico Belotti ;
Alvin Etang Ndip ;
Giulia Mancini ;
Giovanni Vecchi
This approach paper provides guidance to World Bank Education Task Team Leaders (TTLs), World Bank staff across sectors, and other stakeholders on how to ensure education sector operations become more...
Type: ReportReport#: 195305Date: November 30, 2024Author:
Hanna Katriina Alasuutari ;
Laraib Niaz ;
D’Angelo, Sophia
The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is assessed to be in external and overall debt distress under the low-income countries’ debt sustainability framework (LIC-DSF). The Lao PDR is assessed to be...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 195402Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Constraints on a valuable resource should draw new investment and prompt policies to increase demand productivity and augment supply. However, this does not seem to be happening for water, arguably one...
Type: ReportReport#: 195294Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
This cluster-randomized trial in Côte d’Ivoire examined multi-sectoral approaches to improving adolescent girls’ empowerment (AGE). Safe spaces offering life skills and sexual and reproductive health (SRH)...
Impressive economic growth in the United Republic of Tanzania since 2000 propelled it into lower middle-income country (LMIC)1 status in 2020. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is composed of...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 195522Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
The CEMAC Economic Barometer is a semi-annual World Bank publication that presents a snapshot of recent developments and the economic outlook of the CEMAC region, followed by a brief assessment at the...
Type: ReportReport#: 195722Date: November 30, 2024Author:
Robert Johann Utz ;
Djeneba Doumbia ;
Erick Tjong ;
Chris Belmert Milindi Katindi
To support the Government of Uttar Pradesh’s agricultural transformation, the UP Accelerator PRAGATI (Program for Agriculture Trans-formation and Increased Incomes) was launched by the UP Multi-Stakeholder...
Type: BriefReport#: 195247Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) updates the analysis conducted at the time of the request for a disbursement under the food shock window of the rapid credit facility (RCF) approved in January 2023,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 195694Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
The track record of the 2030 Water Resources Group’s (2030 WRG) in stewarding Multi-Stakeholder Platforms from dialogue to action and impact is growing and has shown significant results in FY18. A total...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 195245Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
This document collection explores the critical role of collaboration between the public and private sectors in ensuring water security. It examines innovative approaches to irrigation that maximize water...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 195301Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
Mongolia’s coal-driven economic growth since 2023 has elevated the country to upper-middle-income status (UMIC) in 2024. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth has remained robust, driven by mining and...
Type: ReportReport#: 195103Date: November 30, 2024Author:
Undral Batmunkh ;
Jose Luis Diaz Sanchez ;
Dulmaa Enkhtuya ;
Erdenebulgan Ganbat
Water poses significant risks to global corporations in three areas: Direct operational and supply chain risks, market and reputational risks, and regulatory risks. The 2030 Water Resources Group (WRG),...
Type: BriefReport#: 195241Date: November 30, 2024Author:
World Bank
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