This paper evaluates the business
support programs deployed in the Kyrgyz Republic amid the
emergency triggered by the COVID-19 crisis from 2020 to
2022. This analysis...
Type: ReportReport#: 192457Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
has an extensive experience supporting and structuring
transportation projects in emerging markets, through project
finance,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192459Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Submarine cables enable international
connectivity and are essential for high-speed internet
access. This paper tests their potential to improve the
affordability of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10840Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Cariolle,Joël ;
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien ;
Silue,Tarna Abdoul Hamid ;
Strusani,Davide
International Finance Corporation (IFC),
a member of the World Bank Group, focuses on the private
sector to promote growth, reduce poverty, and improve
people’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 192465Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Kioko,Catherine Makanda ;
Hishigsuren,Gaamaa
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...
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...
Type: ReportReport#: 192458Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Dubashov,Bakyt ;
Gyulumyan,Gohar ;
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....
Type: BriefReport#: 192464Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Panajyan,Sona V.
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,...
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...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10841Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Friedson-Ridenour,Sophia ;
Pierotti,Rachael Susan ;
Springer,Emily Ann ;
Gebreyohannes,Alemgena
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...
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...
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...
Type: ReportReport#: 192432Date: July 5, 2024Author:
Von Uexkull,Jan Erik
This policy note presents the salient
features and lessons learned from implementing food
assistance programs globally. It aims to inform key
stakeholders and policy...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 192433Date: July 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program
(4Ps) is a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program that
provides cash to beneficiary households subject to their
compliance with...
Macroeconomic, financial, and
policy-related uncertainty have increased since the COVID-19
pandemic globally and in individual developing economies in
the East Asia...
Global supply chains recently faced
widespread disruptions. The COVID-19 pandemic caused major
disruptions in 2021 and 2022, while in late 2023,
geopolitical incidents...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10839Date: July 3, 2024Author:
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Rastogi,Cordula ;
Rodrigue,Jean Paul ;
Ulybina,Daria
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...
Type: ReportReport#: 192423Date: July 3, 2024Author:
Frake,April Nicole ;
Boyer,Christopher Jacob ;
Iglesias Luzardo,Mikhael Gabriel ;
Bayntun,Claire Elizabeth ;
Dorey,Stephen Geoffrey
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...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 192368Date: July 3, 2024Author:
Constantinescu,Ileana Cristina ;
Pereira De Amorim,Marlon ;
Arvis,Jean Francois ;
Ashimi, Ricardo ;
Espitia Rueda,Alvaro Raul ;
Ulybina,Daria ;
Wellisz,Chris L
Croatia is a high-income country with
solid macroeconomic fundamentals, which has contributed to
the country’s accelerated income convergence with
the rest of...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 192417Date: July 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
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