Vietnam’s fisheries sector faces complex challenges, requiring a multifaceted approach for resolution. Fishing capacity in coastal, inland, and offshore fisheries should be reduced to rebuild fish stocks....
Type: BriefReport#: 193886Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Nga Thi Nguyen ;
Gianluigi Nico ;
Thanh Hai Nguyen ;
Annabelle Bladon ;
Anna Ducros
This policy note makes the case for FinSAC client countries to introduce a single bank resolution framework applicable to any size of failing bank. It draws on FinSAC´s experience in providing technical...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 191847Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Gender equality is fundamental to achieving Mongolia’s national development vision and taking advantage of the full potential of its society. Global and regional estimates by McKinsey Global Institute...
Type: ReportReport#: 193574Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Tourism Watch is a quarterly report produced by the World Bank which monitors global and regional tourism sector performance, outlook, and highlights policies aimed at enhancing the sector’s economic,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 191977Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Alex Pio ;
Alba Suris Coll Vinent ;
Paula Bellas Suarez
The Europe and Central Asia region is highly heterogeneous, and water security challenges vary widely. Although relatively similar, some challenges are of a different size, especially given each country's...
This paper analyzes several existing approaches and data platforms for assessing nature-related financial risk in the East Asia and Pacific region and examines the current level of disclosure by companies...
Unlike common practices in other EU member states and despite being mandated by EU law, Poland still lacks a fully-fledged Independent Fiscal Institution. IFIs are impartial, expert bodies that help improve...
Type: ReportReport#: 190939Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Halesiak,Andrzej ;
Di Lorenzo,Paolo ;
Picarelli,Nathalie ;
Dudek,Slawomir Marcin
Economic activity has remained resilient despite multiple successive shocks. The external current-account balance is estimated to have remained broadly unchanged, but foreign exchange reserves have deteriorated,...
Type: ReportReport#: 191319Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Rachel K. Sebudde ;
Sashana Whyte ;
Collins Chansa ;
Rogers Ayiko ;
Daniel Lukwago ;
Aziz Atamanov
The eastern South Asia region (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal) has extensive networks of all the main modes of surface transport for the movement of goods, both within and between countries. However,...
Type: BriefReport#: 191087Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Erik Nora ;
Charles Kunaka ;
Mitali Nikore
Poland has experienced a powerful demographic shift, driven predominantly by increased life expectancy, a sizable baby boomer generation nearing retirement, and persistently low birth rates. Poland is...
Type: ReportReport#: 200524Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Rekha Menon ;
Tania Dmytraczenko ;
Heinz, Marcus ;
Barbara Skwarczynska
Net Zero, "Green Jobs", a "Just Transition": change is on the near horizon, and employment opportunities will transform as a result. How will this affect employment opportunities for women in the renewable...
Type: ReportReport#: 186372Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The objective is to inform public policy strategies for the green and resilient recovery of the urban mobility subsector in Mexico. This analytical and advisory activity does so by conducting: diagnosis...
Despite recent strides in narrowing global gender gaps, persistent disparities remain in women's access to opportunities, services, and assets. Globally, girls fall behind boys in realizing their educational...
Type: ReportReport#: 193088Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Hyunji Lee ;
Ibrahim Ali Khan ;
Tamara Bah ;
Emily Owen ;
Malavika Menon ;
Vibhu Jain
The rapid evolution of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) is propelling us into the era of data economy, highlighting the urgent need for governments to establish robust national-level data...
Type: ReportReport#: 191127Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Zaki B. Khoury ;
Kim,Byungkon ;
Kim,Yoonkee ;
Kim,Dongjin ;
Jo,Hyundo ;
Ahyoung Shin
This study has two interconnected high-level objectives, these are: 1. To strengthen the analytical and institutional capacity of the Municipality of Ulaanbaatar (MUB) to introduce and implement technology-enabled...
Type: ReportReport#: 195704Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Governments globally are considering how to manage the transition from coal to clean energy, and how to reach net-zero emissions targets in a way that would ensure a Just Transition – a transition in which...
Type: ReportReport#: 190956Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Vaccine security and self-sufficiency have received increased global attention in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, as low- and middle-income countries were heavily dependent on high-income countries...
Type: ReportReport#: 191136Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Schäferhoff, Marco ;
Gandham N.V. Ramana ;
Zimmerman, Armand ;
Fewer, Sara ;
Andreas Seiter ;
Pandu Harimurti ;
Sowers, Erin ;
Ronald Upenyu Mutasa
Urbanization in Afghanistan has been rapid over the last two decades and presents several challenges. Afghan cities underwent a severe shock in the wake of the collapse of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan...
Type: ReportReport#: 191320Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Tahir Akbar ;
Kabeer Dawani ;
Maximilian Fischbach ;
Stephen George Karam ;
Amena Raja
Among key challenges confronting Kenya’s over-exploited fisheries sector, fishing and aquaculture workers are very vulnerable: they work longer hours, earn less money, and have less access to social protection...
Type: BriefReport#: 192601Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Kevwe Sylvester Pela ;
Samantha De Martino ;
Federica Ricaldi ;
David William Japp
Nepal’s diverse geoclimatic system makes it vulnerable to a myriad of climatic-related events. The combination of variable torrential rainfall patterns and heavy monsoons, both extreme heat and cold, along...
Type: ReportReport#: 192425Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Mikhael Gabriel Iglesias Luzardo ;
Huang, Jessica ;
Stephen Geoffrey Dorey ;
Tamer Samah Rabie
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