The countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) embarked on a remarkable journey more than three decades ago. In the early 1990s, they began transitioning from planned to market economies, supported by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 200237Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Leonardo Iacovone ;
Ivailo V. Izvorski ;
Christos Kostopoulos ;
Michael M. Lokshin ;
Richard Record ;
Ivan Torre ;
Szilvia Doczi
Women face many barriers to accessing and using the Internet. As a result, despite the rapid global spread of mobile Internet, women all over the world are less likely to participate in the digital economy...
Type: ReportReport#: 200239Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Rim Melake ;
Robinson, Danielle ;
Sarah Louise Danman ;
Langazo, Harmonie Kobanghe ;
Alicia S. Hammond
The countries of Europe and Central Asia (ECA) embarked on a remarkable journey more than three decades ago. In the early 1990s, they began transitioning from planned to market economies, supported by...
Type: PublicationReport#: 200237Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Leonardo Iacovone ;
Ivailo V. Izvorski ;
Christos Kostopoulos ;
Michael M. Lokshin ;
Richard Record ;
Ivan Torre ;
Szilvia Doczi
Most power utilities in West Africa are not financially sustainable. Several interrelated factors cause these performance issues, but dependence on liquid fuels, poor governance, insufficient use of information...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 200234Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Anshul Rana ;
Jose Andres Detomasi ;
Isabelle Bui ;
Jingyi Wu ;
David Loew
Most power utilities in West Africa are not financially sustainable. Several interrelated factors cause these performance issues, but dependence on liquid fuels, poor governance, insufficient use of information...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 200233Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Yang Liu ;
David Loew ;
Rida E Zahra Rizvi ;
Min A Lee ;
Jan Friedrich Kappen
This study delves into the multifaceted challenges faced by Côte d’Ivoire students in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) through qualitative data collection and analysis. It covers...
Type: ReportReport#: 200246Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Ana Luiza Machado ;
Miriam Muller
Over the last two decades, the Kyrgyz Republic enjoyed significant growth, which has largely transferred into poverty reduction. Poverty reduction at the national level over the last two decades may conceal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 200240Date: April 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Croatia is at a critical demographic crossroads. Against a backdrop of an aging and declining population, Croatia is transitioning from a country of emigration to one increasingly relying on foreign workers,...
Type: ReportReport#: 200236Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Mauro Testaverde ;
Daniel Garrote Sanchez ;
Ana Budimir ;
Martin, Matthew C. ;
Mehta, Helly D. ;
Andrea Sitarova ;
Iva Tomic
This paper takes stock of the literature on infrastructure and jobs published since the early 2000s, using a conceptual framework to identify the key channels through which different types of infrastructure...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11096Date: April 3, 2025Author:
Maria Vagliasindi ;
Nisan Gorgulu
This paper is one of a series of three that aim to help West African utilities and governments and the development financiers that support them - better understand and respond to these issues. The focus...
Type: ReportReport#: 200247Date: April 3, 2025Author:
David Loew ;
Nash, Stephen ;
Boyd, Tim
Well-functioning capital markets can foster economic growth and allocate resources efficiently. Firms can tap into a broader funding base by issuing debt and equity in capital markets, often at cheaper...
Sub-Saharan Africa is highly vulnerable to climate change, with rural women dis- proportionately affected due to pre-existing gender inequalities that both increase their need for adaptation and constrain...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11095Date: April 1, 2025Author:
Clara Delavallade ;
Melanie Colette Jacqueline Gittard ;
Julia Vaillant
Well-functioning capital markets can foster economic growth and allocate resources efficiently. Firms can tap into a broader funding base by issuing debt and equity in capital markets, often at cheaper...
The Nepal Development Update is produced twice a year to report on key economic developments that occurred during the year, placing them in a longer-term and global perspective. The Update is intended...
Established in 2004 as a partnership between the Government of Japan and the World Bank, the Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) was conceived as a distance learning center. Today, it has transformed...
Type: BriefReport#: 200189Date: April 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
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