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Improving nutrition requires a multisectoral effort, which complicates the task of determining basic information, such as how much is being spent and on what. This book presents the key elements of a...

Economic inclusion improves refugee financial autonomy and reduces the need for humanitarian assistance. It thus leads to savings which can be invested in Jordan's development. This book studies the...

The Arab Republic of Egypt was well on the path to achieving its demographic dividend at the turn of this century but has gotten temporarily off-track due to a reversal in its earlier fertility...

The book presents a strategy to bolster Africa's market access in the current global environment.Author: Souleymane CoulibalyPublisher: World Bank PublicationsPublication Date: Mar 24, 2022Number of...

Tous les pays africains ont besoin d'avantage d'emplois de qualit? pour leurs populations croissantes. Le rapport Afrique num?rique: Transformation technologique pour l'emploi montre qu'une...

Dans de nombreux pays ? faible revenu et ? revenu interm?diaire, la couverture sanitaire s'est consid?rablement am?lior?e au cours des deux derni?res d?cennies, mais pas les r?sultats en mati?re de...

An Unsustainable Life: The Impact of Heat on Health and the Economy of BangladeshAuthor: Iffat MahmudPublisher: World Bank PublicationsPublication Date: Dec 04, 2024Number of Pages: 106 pagesBinding:...

"Inequity is the central challenge facing basic education in Ghana and undercuts the potential contribution of basic education to Ghana's national development goals. Persistent disparities in...

With growing water scarcity in many parts of the world and projections that indicate the need to increase agricultural production and, concurrently, agricultural water use, it is increasingly...

Most policy makers readily acknowledge the economic, environmental, and social benefits of moving freight and passengers by waterways. However, why do many countries struggle to develop and revive...

This book documents the state of ?blue? natural capital in the Middle East and North Africa region, focussing on air pollution, marine plastics, and coastal erosion.Author: Martin HegerPublisher:...

Braced for Impact: Reforming Kazakhstan's National Financial Holding for Development Effectiveness and Market Creation offers a framework for assessing the readiness of development finance...

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Technology is a key driver of economic development. However, the extent to which firms adopt and use technologies and to what purpose is poorly understood. From a technological standpoint, firms...

This report discusses the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on migrants in the Mediterranean region, and on their sending and receiving countries. The report shows that policy interventions can help...

Business Ready (B-READY) is a new World Bank Group corporate flagship report that evaluates the business and investment climate worldwide. It replaces and improves upon the Doing Business project...

The book examines how to increase synergies between socioeconomic development goals, climate change policies, and digital technologies, offering guidance on how government institutions and private...

"This primer on "Clusters of Competitiveness" provides a critical overview of competitiveness at many levels. Competitiveness is a broad subject with applications at the level of the firm, industry,...

The 2008 financial crisis has highlighted the challenges associated with global financial integration and has emphasized the importance of macro financial linkages. Specifically it has shown how real...

Globally, greater integration in international trade and global value chains (GVCs) has been linked to increased GDP per capita and productivity. Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries have...

This study asseses the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system of Yunnan Province in China, including a skills-demand analysis and a review of work-based and non-formal training...

This report is intended to provide conceptual and empirical learnings to help support the ongoing implementation of a continent-wide 'Digital Transformation for Africa' initiative that will span the...

Senegal, like all African countries, needs better and more jobs for its growing population. The main message of Digital Senegal for Inclusive Growth is that broader use of productivity-enhancing...

Pre-pandemic the Middle East and North Africa was the only region in the world experiencing increases in poverty and declines in life satisfaction. This Report investigates how the COVID-19 pandemic...

"This book looks at both the potential and limits of policies to promote entrepreneurship as an important vehicle for social mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean. Who are the region's...

EQOSOGI assesses laws and regulations that affect the lives of sexual and gender minorities in 64 countries around the world and their impact on the socio-economic inclusion of LGBTI people. It also...

This book examines the evolution of poverty and human development outcomes since the end of the 10-year civil war in 2001 and asks if the foundations for creating shared prosperity and addressing...

"Like many of its Southeast Asian neighbors, Vietnam faces the twin challenges of sustaining economic growth and protecting the environment. On the one hand, the impressive poverty reduction and...

Growth in emerging market and developing economies has slowed sharply over the past decade. Even if there are no new adverse shocks, the growth slowdown is expected to persist in the remainder of...

"Financial Management Information Systems and Open Budget Data: Do governments report on where the money goes?' is a World Bank Study, initiated in 2012 after an extended stocktaking exercise, to...