Developing countries today confront an
unprecedented combination of challenges of the need for
inclusive growth, worsening environmental degradation, and
the impacts...
Type: ReportReport#: 155891Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Saurav,Abhishek ;
Viney,Brody B
To sustain long-term economic growth and
development, Tajikistan needs an adequate and reliable
electricity supply. From 2009-2016, approximately 70 percent
of the Tajik...
Over the past decade, Burkina Faso has
experienced sustained economic growth driven by domestic
factors such as consumption and investment on the demand
side and services...
The Mongolia InfraSAP is the first
InfraSAP which took a value chain approach to reviewing the
constraints for infrastructure development in the country.
This was premised...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 150500Date: November 1, 2020
The forest tenure assessment tool (FTAT)
and user guide consists of an integrated set of
methodologies and guidelines for assessing both why it is
important to secure...
Type: ReportReport#: 155642Date: November 1, 2020Author:
Segura Warnholtz,Gerardo ;
Childress,Malcolm D. ;
Springer,Jenny
This brief presents the main findings
from the third of eight rounds of a nationally
representative survey of fifteen hundred randomly selected
households in all states/regions...
The Government of Uganda has been
working to establish a new system of NCA. NCA is a
standardized approach to measuring and valuing natural
resources. It overcomes the...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0001830Date: October 27, 2020Author:
Verheijen,Lesya ;
Masiga,Moses ;
Vardon,Michael Jonathan ;
Bass,Steve
Using a novel, nationally representative
data set on fraud victimization, this paper examines the
impact of credit constraints on fraud victimization and
potential underlying...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9460Date: October 27, 2020Author:
Gao,Nan ;
Ma,Yuanyuan ;
Xu,L. Colin
The Committee welcomed IEG’s first
systematic assessment of the WBG’s support for the reform of
State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) for the period 2008-2018 and
commended...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 155431Date: October 26, 2020
Niger is a vast, landlocked, and mostly
arid Sub-Saharan country, located in the heart of the Sahel
region, with a rapidly growing population, estimated at 22.4
million...
The electricity sector in Guinea Bissau
is in the midst of a transformational reform towards a
sustainable development characterized by reliable, greener
and affordable...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 157246Date: October 23, 2020
Rwanda is widely celebrated for the
remarkable social, political, and economic renaissance it
has experienced in the years following the genocide against
the Tutsi of...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 148876Date: October 22, 2020
Almost all commodity prices recovered in
the third quarter of 2020 following steep declines earlier
in the year due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Crude oil...
The report is intended to answer the
following critical questions for the future planning of the
Pakistan electricity sector: 1. What is the optimal energy
mix over...
This paper discusses compensation
mechanisms to strengthen incentives for lower-income
countries to adopt carbon taxes through donor-funded support
programs. The paper...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9443Date: October 19, 2020Author:
Strand,Jon
This is a statement by H.E. Dag -Inge
Ulstein, Minister of International Development, at the 102nd
meeting of the Development Committee held on October 16,
2020. COVID-19...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 153740Date: October 16, 2020
This is a statement by Dr. Mukhisa
Kituyi, Secretary-General, at the 102nd meeting of the
Development Committee held on October 16, 2020. While
policy-makers around...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 153725Date: October 16, 2020
This is a statement by H.E. Zainab
Shamsuna Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National
Planning, at the 102nd meeting of the Development Committee
held on October...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 153749Date: October 16, 2020
This is a statement by H. E. Paulo
Guedes Minister of Finance, at the 102nd meeting of the
Development Committee held on October 16, 2020. The COVID-
19 crisis has imposed...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 153728Date: October 16, 2020
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