The rapidly evolving digitalization in Uzbekistan is expanding opportunities to bolster an inclusive digital economy. Uzbekistan’s New Development Strategy and the 2030 Digital Strategy highlight the prominence...
Type: ReportReport#: 192767Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Indigenous Peoples (IPs) have rights, often customary and collective in nature, that are enshrined in a growing body of international & regional rights frameworks outlining the duties of States. National-level...
Type: ReportReport#: 191436Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The KP’s objective is to strengthen the World Bank’s portfolio in promoting gender equality and social inclusion (GESI). There are two pillars: gender and social inclusion, and each pillar has (i) project...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192751Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report summarizes the main results from a technical assessment of air quality in Tashkent (Part I) that informed the definition of sectoral policies and measures (PaMs) in the roadmap for air quality...
Type: ReportReport#: 191244Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Elena Strukova Golub ;
Inobat Allobergenova ;
Kirtan Chandra Sahoo ;
Fahad M A M Alfahad ;
Sarath Guttikunda ;
Vasil Borislavov Zlatev ;
Marco Mantovanelli ;
Sanjay Srivastava ;
Sameh Naguib Wahba
According to the latest World Bank report on the global health cost of particles with diameter less than 2.5 microns (µm) (PM2.5) air pollution, Uzbekistan has the second highest annual average PM2.5 concentration...
Type: ReportReport#: 192725Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on research by the team, as well as non-World Bank research,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 192772Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Ulaanbaatar is the capital of Mongolia, with 1.64 million inhabitants unevenly distributed over 470.4 km², concentrating half of the country’s total population. This reflects the city’s rapid urbanization,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 195705Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Various efforts have been made to comprehensively assess agricultural policies in countries worldwide using diverse methodologies, including some generated by several international organizations. Since...
Type: ReportReport#: 191014Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
In order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, offshore wind will need to make an increasing contribution to the global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris agreement....
Type: ReportReport#: 190902Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Investments in crisis preparedness are crucial for countries that are highly vulnerable to a range of risks, including climate change, natural hazards, and health emergencies. As Pakistan recovers from...
Type: ReportReport#: 191179Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This poverty assessment has confirmed that poverty is endemic and food insecurity dire in South Sudan despite the country’s abundant wealth in natural resources. The report finds widespread and extreme...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 192283Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This advisory document provides a green-growth framework
for Bangladesh to achieve high-level objectives identified in
the Bangladesh Country Partnership Framework for fiscal years
2023–2027, and the country’s...
Type: ReportReport#: 190765Date: June 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report was prepared by the Ghana Social Sustainability and Inclusion (SSI) team to shed light on the prevalence and risks of child labor in Ghana and provide a step-by-step approach that can help...
Type: ReportReport#: 190751Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Nordenmark Severinsson,Anna Kristina Elisabet ;
Okereke,Nneka
The Philippines has experienced robust economic growth averaging 6.3 percent between 2011 to 2019. Despite a pandemic-induced contraction, it remains a top performer in the region and is on track to reach...
Type: ReportReport#: 191506Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Toni Joe Lebbos ;
Laarni Revilla ;
Paula Maria Cerutti ;
Yoonyoung Cho ;
Maria Vida Gomez ;
Anna Melissa Guerrero ;
Wei Han ;
Karthika Radhakrishnan-Nair ;
Ruth Rodriguez ;
Sidiki Soubeiga ;
Ali Winoto Subandoro ;
Janssen Teixeira
Increasing the power supply-demand gap remains the major challenge to securing reliable electricity services in Myanmar. This report presents the recent dynamics in both on-grid and off-grid electricity...
This report assesses specific barriers experienced by poor and vulnerable households in Indonesia with accessing social protection benefits in remote areas and recommends specific policy and operational...
Type: ReportReport#: 191941Date: June 1, 2024Author:
Revita Wahyudi ;
Farida Sondakh ;
Vina Noor AR Permatasari
This report is part of the support package for Uzbekistan to realize an Inclusive Green Growth Transition. The recent Presidential Decree No. PP-436 02.12.2022 “On measures aimed at increasing the effectiveness...
Type: ReportReport#: 192031Date: May 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The United Republic of Tanzania (URT) is a country in Eastern Africa with a population estimated at 61.75 million, inclusive of 1.89 million in Zanzibar. Tanzania has expanded the power grid to reach nearly...
Type: ReportReport#: 191310Date: May 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Mongolia has benefited from its mineral wealth, but diversification is now a major priority. But towhat extent is diversificaton possible, and what would it look like? This paper adopts the GrowthIdentfication...
Type: ReportReport#: 191272Date: May 31, 2024Author:
Betcherman,Gordon ;
Mohammad Muaz Jalil
Africa’s labor market realities underline the need for a focus on short term results for jobs now alongside long-term foundational investments that produce results for jobs tomorrow. The region needs to...
Type: BriefReport#: 190760Date: May 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
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