In 2014, International Finance
Corporation (IFC) banking on women and Goldman Sachs 10,000
women founded the women entrepreneur’s opportunity facility
(WEOF), a first-of-its-kind...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 146377Date: September 1, 2019Author:
Khan,Anushe A. ;
Lumanau,Angela Vinny
This technical paper investigates the
potential economic and environmental outcomesassociated with
the use of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement by participating
countries.The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 147243Date: September 1, 2019
By establishing an institutional
strategic plan (ISP) for the budgeting cycle 2017-2020 for
the ministry of public finance and other 12-line ministries,
the Chancellery...
Type: ReportReport#: 149198Date: September 1, 2019
Zimbabwe submitted its intended
nationally determined contribution (INDC) to the United
Nations framework convention on climate change (UNFCCC) in
September 2015, setting...
The Union of Comoros remains at moderate
risk of external debt distress, but its space to absorb
shocks is “limited.” All debt burden indicators exhibit a
continual...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 142555Date: August 31, 2019
Renewable natural resources represent
essential livelihood assets for many resource-dependent
communities, many of whom are extremely poor. Chronic
poverty, natural...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 142214Date: August 27, 2019
Women are an untapped pool of talent for
the water sector. Data collected for this study from 64
water and sanitation service providers in 28 economies
around the world...
Women are an untapped pool of talent for
the water sector. Data collected for this study from 64
water and sanitation service providers in 28 economies
around the world...
To finance the transition to low-carbon
economies required to mitigate climate change, countries are
increasingly using a combination of carbon pricing and green
bonds....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8991Date: August 20, 2019Author:
Heine,Dirk ;
Semmler,Willi ;
Mazzucato,Mariana ;
Braga,Joao Paulo ;
Flaherty,Michael ;
Gevorkyan,Arkady ;
Hayde,Erin Kate ;
Radpour,Siavash
Attributing a rental value to the
dwellings of homeowners is essential in various contexts,
including distributional analysis and the compilation of
national accounts,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8983Date: August 15, 2019Author:
Ceriani,Lidia ;
Olivieri,Sergio Daniel ;
Ranzani,Marco
The Africa Food Security Leadership
Dialogue aims to strengthen the coordination of development
partners and regional efforts to support countries to
accelerate progress...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 143208Date: August 5, 2019
Since 2016 the World Bank has explored a
wide range of country experiences in delivering better water
supply and sanitation services. The analyses led to
publication...
Type: Working PaperReport#: AUS0000796Date: August 1, 2019Author:
Goksu,Amanda Joan ;
Bakalian,Alexander E. ;
Kingdom,William D. ;
Saltiel,Gustavo ;
Mumssen,Yogita ;
Soppe,Gerhardus Nicolaas Albertus ;
Kolker,Joel Evan ;
Delmon,Victoria Hilda Rigby
Access to safe sanitation prevents the
spread of bacteria and viruses that cause illnesses such as
diarrhea, a leading cause of child mortality and a
contributor to...
Shifting consumer demand and
accelerating climate change will further shape the agri-food
sector in Croatia in the next decade. Consumers in high
value markets in the...
The Entrepreneurship Program for
Innovation in the Caribbean (EPIC) by infoDev and World Bank
Group has developed a requirements profile of both Caribbean
entrepreneurs...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 139097Date: July 11, 2019
Albania's remarkable economic
transformation has been affected by the global financial
crisis. The country's main challenges include
maintaining macro-fiscal and financial...
Type: Accounting and Auditing Assessment (ROSC)Report#: 145850Date: July 1, 2019
Microenterprises diversify economic
activity and contribute significantly to poverty
alleviation. In Bangladesh, half of population depend for
livelihoods on 7 million...
Since August 25, 2017, violence in
Rakhine state, Myanmar, has driven more than 745,000 people
from the Rohingya community cross the border into the Cox’s
Bazar district...
Bangladesh is among most disaster-prone
countries in the world. It is susceptible to floods,
cyclones and earthquakes. The government of Bangladesh has
instituted disaster...
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