Despite remarkable progress over the
past decade, Bangladesh faces challenges in creating
sufficient, quality jobs to meet the rapidly growing youth
population. The...
The Technical Assistance Facility
Project and the Second Ho Chi Minh City Environmental
Sanitation Project aim to to increase the government
agencies’ capacity to...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 141014Date: July 1, 2019
Several household-level factors are
associated with better nutrition outcomes. These include
food access and availability, practices pertaining to food
preparation and...
The country opinion survey in China
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in China perceive the WBG.
It provides the...
Type: ReportReport#: 143406Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Felzer,Sharon
Due to the low and flat topography,
Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to natural disasters,
especially in its coastal zones. From 1980 to 2000, nearly
sixty percent of...
This newsletter includes the following
headings: technology for social good, development dialogue :
information vs. insight, ICR update : Odisha community tanks
management...
Over the last year, the carbon finance
(CF) assist as one of the key World Bank initiatives on
climate action has continued to support these developments
through various...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 139593Date: July 1, 2019
Approximately forty million people in
Bangladesh live in urban areas, and twenty-one percent of
them live below the poverty line. Rapid urban growth has put
considerable...
Coastal embankments are an integral part
of the disaster risk reduction program for Bangladesh. There
is clear evidence that embankments provided an effective
buffer...
Quality statistics are necessary for
development and poverty reduction efforts. They provide
evidence for policy decisions. Recognizing the importance of
timely and...
This paper responds to a request from
the World Bank’s Executive Directors for an update in the
area of economic or voluntary migration since the previous
Board discussion...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 139304Date: July 1, 2019
Chittagong is the second largest city of
Bangladesh with a rapidly swelling population, currently
estimated at 2.9 million and expected to reach 3.7 million
by 2030....
The report discusses the methodological
steps undertaken to inform the three studies and provides an
overview of new approaches and insights for quantifying
climate...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0000849Date: July 1, 2019Author:
Ellmauer-Klambauer,Anita
This World Bank Group’s (WGB’s) Trust
fund annual report covers the fiscal year 2018-2019. This
report provides an overview of the World Bank Group's
(WBG’s) trust funds...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 142550Date: June 30, 2019
Extreme weather events throughout the
world underscore the urgency of tackling climate change. We
need trillions of dollars to finance the transition to a
low-carbon...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 143359Date: June 30, 2019
Sub-Saharan Africa's (SSA) growth
potential and gains in economic development are increasingly
threatened by the impacts of climate change, including
reduced agricultural...
How does economic uncertainty affect the
impact of tax policy? To answer this question, we exploit a
unique natural experiment, in which two very similar
investment...
Type: ReportReport#: 139825Date: June 28, 2019Author:
Guceri,Irem ;
Albinowski,Maciej Adam
This report summarizes the work of the
World Bank’s initiative ‘Wastewater: from Waste to
Resource,’ launched in 2018 to raise awareness among
decision makers regarding...
This report is a compilation of 6 policy
notes. Policy Note 1 provides an overview of the report’s
key findings. Policy Note 2 focuses on water and irrigation,
Policy...
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