This options paper aims to highlight select evidence-based and innovative options for potential programming that could unlock women's and girls' empowerment through the World Bank's portfolio in Somalia. It is the operational companion to the Gender Policy Note 3 which identifies key challenges...

Facilitating the green transformation of firms is essential for tackling climate change and realizing the "dual carbon" goals. This study examines the effect of carbon emission trading (CET) on firms' green transformation (GT). The findings indicate that CET policy promotes the GT of high-carbon...

This chapter discusses the need for agile online marketing techniques to support rapid growth in the mechanical product industry, addressing the limitations of traditional marketing strategies in the fast-paced digital landscape, focusing on adaptation, customer-centric thinking, and fact-based...

Investment is the engine that expands productive capacity, modernizes infrastructure, creates jobs, and drives progress toward development and climate goals. Yet developing economies face an investment shortfall of historic proportions. Even as development needs rise, investment growth has...

This study evaluates the impact of incorporating mixed reality-including both augmented and virtual reality-into auto-mechanics training for students enrolled in selected public technical technological institutes in Ecuador. The intervention aims to enhance students' understanding of automotive...

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 technology (IT), and weak balance sheets are particularly common and acute...

The emergence of quick commerce (q-commerce) has revolutionised the retail sector, highlighting the necessity for ultra-fast delivery to satisfy the increasing demand for convenience and urgency. This chapter explores the changing dynamics of q-commerce in building customer loyalty, analysing...