This is a statement by Mr. H.E. Gerd
Muller, Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and
Development at the ninety-ninth meeting of the Development
Committee held...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 136190Date: April 13, 2019
This independent review of the World
Bank Group’s Completion and Learning Review (CLR)
covers the period of the World Bank Group’s
Country Partnership...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ReviewReport#: 136089Date: April 12, 2019
The 18th replenishment of the
International Development Association (IDA18), one of the
world’s major providers of financial resources to
the poorest countries,...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 135548Date: April 9, 2019
The development objective of Community
Action Project for Climate Resilience (CAPCR) Project for
Niger is to improve the resilience of the populations and of
production...
The objective of the Tax Administration
Modernization Project for Serbia is to improve effectiveness
of tax collection and lower the compliance burden for
taxpayers....
The development objective of Land
Administration System Project for Afghanistan is (a) to
support the development of the Afghanistan land
administration system; and...
Somalia is on the path to political and
security stabilization after more than two decades of civil
war and conflict. Opportunities to ensure a development
trajectory...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: AUS0000407Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Pape,Utz Johann ;
Karamba,R. Wendy
This Governance Note explains why
climate change is a governance issue. It describes the
development challenge that climate change poses and the
policy response. It...
Type: BriefReport#: 136098Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Fozzard,Adrian
According to United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the United Nations
Refugee Agency, by the end of 2017, nearly 70 million people
worldwide were forcibly...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 141440Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Berfond,Danielle ;
Andrian,Soa ;
Ryu,Jiyeon Janice
Nigeria's emergence from recession
remains slow: real GDP grew by 1.9 percent in 2018. While
this was above the 0.8 percent growth of 2017, it was below
the population...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135877Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Joseph-Raji,Gloria Aitalohi ;
Timmis,Emilija ;
Shuaibu,Mohammed Isa ;
Ogebe,Joseph Orinya ;
Alandia,Luis Andres ;
Al-Jamal,Khairy ;
Carneiro,Francisco Galrao ;
Konjhodzic,Indira ;
Benmessaoud,Rachid
Bangladesh made a number of laudable
development achievements in the early millennium but can and
should do more to improve human capital and the wellbeing of
its population....
Type: ReportReport#: 136375Date: April 1, 2019Author:
Haque,Sabrina Sharmin ;
Joseph,George
Cambodia achieved the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) for water supply and made progress
toward the sanitation targets in 2015 but the persistent low
coverage of...
This report presents the economic
potential of renewable natural resources (forests, wildlife
and fisheries), and identifies opportunities for enhancing
the sectors’...
Type: ReportReport#: 135808Date: March 27, 2019Author:
Aquino,André ;
Serkovic,Mirko Ivo ;
Ngouana Kengne,Cyrille Valence ;
Soto,Bartolomeu Filimao ;
Ravina Da Silva,Manuela ;
Tembe Bilale,Nadia Henriqueta Gabriel ;
Million,Julien Marie Francois ;
Matambo,Susan Tambi ;
Olmos,Santiago Estanislao
Home to over 735,000 people, the Kingdom
of Bhutan has achieved rapid economic growth and poverty
reduction, despite the constraints of being a small,
landlocked, and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 135657Date: March 27, 2019Author:
Dizon,Felipe Jr Fadullon ;
Jackson,Chris Edward ;
Adubi,Abimbola
This annex contains the methodology for
a comprehensive assessment of a country’s quality
infrastructure (QI) based on the detailed description
thereof in modules 3–8...
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 136431Date: March 22, 2019Author:
Kellermann,Martin
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards' calendar for the period of March to May
2019, specifying the Boards' engagements, such as
meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 135450Date: March 19, 2019
In a modern world with rapidly growing
international trade, countries compete less on the
availability of natural resources, geographical advantages,
and lower labor...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135234Date: March 14, 2019Author:
Kellermann,Martin
On June 1, 2017, President Trump
announced the United States' withdrawal from the Paris
agreement on climate change. Despite this decision, American
firms continued...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8781Date: March 14, 2019Author:
Cordella,Tito ;
Devarajan,Shantayanan
In a modern world with rapidly growing
international trade, countries compete less on the
availability of natural resources, geographical advantages,
and lower labor...
Type: PublicationReport#: 135234Date: March 12, 2019Author:
Kellermann,Martin
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