Beyond the Gap: How Countries Can Afford
the Infrastructure They Need while Protecting the Planet
aims to shift the debate regarding investment needs away
from a simple...
Type: PublicationReport#: 134795Date: February 19, 2019Author:
Rozenberg,Julie ;
Fay,Marianne
This paper proposes a framework that
examines three levels of access to infrastructure --
nominal, effective, and quality-adjusted access. Most
conventional indicators...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8750Date: February 19, 2019Author:
Gulyani,Sumila ;
Ryan Rizvi,Andrea C. ;
Talukdar,Debabrata
This study is focused on Clean Team, a
social enterprise providing container-based sanitation (CBS)
services in Kumasi, the second-largest city in Ghana with a
population...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134667Date: February 14, 2019
This case study examines the
container-based sanitation (CBS) service provided by Sanergy
and how its business model fits overall in Nairobi as well
as specifically...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 134668Date: February 14, 2019
The 2018 Debt Sustainability Analysis
(DSA) indicates that Kiribati remains at high risk of debt
distress, although the debt burden indicators improved
somewhat thanks...
According to the 2015 Tanzania Water
Point Mapping data, about 29 percent of all water points are
non-functional, out of which 20 percent failed within the
first year....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS8729Date: February 5, 2019Author:
Joseph,George ;
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Chellaraj,Gnanaraj ;
Grabinsky Zabludovsky,Jonathan ;
Ayling,Sophie Charlotte Emi ;
Hoo,Yi Rong
This report consolidates the findings
and recommendations from studies on climate resilient road
assets in Albania, financed through a grant provided by the
Global facility...
Type: ReportReport#: 136545Date: February 1, 2019Author:
Xiong,Jing ;
Espinet Alegre,Xavier
Achieving the sustainable development
goals is estimated to require additional financing on the
order of 2.6 trillion dollars in emerging markets and
low-income countries...
Type: BriefReport#: 143353Date: February 1, 2019Author:
Klimenko,Svetlana V. ;
Bouye,Eric ;
Lauridsen,Morten Lykke
This synthesis report details the
process, outputs and intermediate outcomes of the World
Bankexecuted technical assistance (TA) to assist MFIs in
developing a market...
The paper provides the first
consistently estimated data set on infrastructure
investments in low- and middle-income countries. To do so,
the authors identify three...
Report#: WPS8730Date: February 1, 2019Author:
Fay,Marianne ;
Lee,Hyoung Il ;
Mastruzzi,Massimo ;
Han,Sungmin ;
Cho,Moonkyoung
The Philippines, as one of the most
disaster-prone countries in the world, requires considerable
fiscal resources to support rapid response and recovery
after severe...
Type: CorrespondenceReport#: 136353Date: January 30, 2019
Responding to the call of Vice President
of Tanzania, Honourable Samia Suluhu Hassan, to
pragmatically address the recurrent flood risk in Dar es
Salaam, the Msimbazi...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 136102Date: January 29, 2019
The rate of informal firms is high in
Sub-Saharan Africa, especially for those that are
women-owned and in the poorest countries, despite a total of
107 business regulatory...
Type: BriefReport#: 134095Date: January 28, 2019Author:
Campos,Francisco Moraes Leitao ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Mckenzie,David J.
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