The GICA Outlook is organized into four
sections: (1) An introduction to a framework for global
connectivity and its levers; (2) an outline of four
megatrends that the...
Type: Deliverable DocumentReport#: 138004Date: May 30, 2019
This paper documents the existence of a
"middle-income trap" for the Middle East and North
Africa region and contrasts the evidence with that of the
East Asia and Pacific...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8870Date: May 30, 2019Author:
Arezki,Rabah ;
Fan,Yuting ;
Nguyen,Ha Minh
Target area context: Kariba district is
unique in Zimbabwe, in that it comprises two distinct
administrative areas, Kariba Urban and Kariba Rural. Kariba
Urban (i.e....
Type: ReportReport#: 137221Date: May 28, 2019Author:
Nkoka,Francis Samson
Target area context: Kariba district is
unique in Zimbabwe, in that it comprises two distinct
administrative areas, Kariba Urban and Kariba Rural. Kariba
Urban (i.e....
Fiscal policies can lay the foundation
for low-carbon and climate-resilient development. Building
on more than two decades of research in development and
environmental...
Type: ReportReport#: 137205Date: May 25, 2019Author:
Pigato,Miria A. ;
Jaramillo,Carlos Felipe ;
Black,Simon John
The ‘Demand for IDA19 Resources and the
Strategy for their Effective Use’ is based on this agenda,
with the ambition to sustain the scale and innovations begun
in IDA18,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 139520Date: May 24, 2019
To maximize its relevance and value
added for the World Bank Group (WBG), IEG will align its
work program with WBG strategic priorities. IEG also aims to
maintain a...
This international workshop held in
Santiago de Chile on April 9, is the final one of a series
of activities which the World Bank has been supporting since
2014 through...
Science and innovation are key factors
of competitiveness and sustainable development. The main
preconditions for the creation of an innovative society of
knowledge...
The paper deals with the economics of
sustainability associated with the transformation of energy
markets. It emphasizes the interrelations between technical
changes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8858Date: May 20, 2019Author:
Arezki,Rabah
The IDA19 replenishment is envisaged to
strengthen the World Bank Group’s (WBG’s) commitment and
leadership in addressing climate change, one of the foremost
challenges...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 139516Date: May 17, 2019
The guide supports transitioning
accounting education, training, and certification from a
knowledge-based approach to a competency-based approach.
Underlying this shift...
Type: PublicationReport#: 136899Date: May 14, 2019Author:
Borgonovo,Alfred Jean-Marie ;
Friedrich,Brian Jeffry ;
Wells,Michael John Cuthbert
The low take-up of cost-effective and
highly subsidised preventive health technologies in
low-income countries remains a puzzle. One under-studied
reason is that the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8846Date: May 7, 2019Author:
Augsburg,Britta ;
Caeyers,Bet ;
Malde,Bansi Khimji
Credit constraints are considered to be
an important barrier hindering adoption of preventive health
investments among low-income households in developing
countries....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8845Date: May 7, 2019Author:
Augsburg,Britta ;
Caeyers,Bet ;
Giunti,Sara ;
Malde,Bansi Khimji ;
Smets,Susanna
In cities with inadequate sanitation
systems, risks of flooding and water-logging, can multiply
vulnerability of women and girl-children living in poor
communities....
Zimbabwe has experienced the most
devastating natural disaster in the country’s recorded
history. Cyclone Idai hit the eastern part of Zimbabwe in
March 2019. Cyclone...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141918Date: May 1, 2019
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