Small island developing states and small tourism-dependent coastal states have been the most gravely impacted by global climate and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic crises and are expected to face even greater economic and social challenges in the years to come. While information and...

Direct current (DC) space-cooling fans are widely recognized for their superior energy efficiency and better overall performance compared to alternating current (AC) fans. In general, DC motors consume up to 70 percent less power than AC alternatives, and operate more quietly at a lower voltage....

The success of ID projects goes beyond technology-people need to understand and trust the ID system, and governments require information to monitor, evaluate, and improve implementation. If a system is poorly designed and does not reflect the needs and views of the communities it is intended to...

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in vast numbers of people in need of social assistance, many of whom were not previously covered by social safety nets. To meet this unprecedented level of need, governments quickly scaled social assistance reaching over 1.7 billion people in low- and middle income...

The Survey of Well-being via Instant and Frequent Tracking (SWIFT) program was created in 2014 to produce poverty statistics cost-effectively, timely, and in a user-friendly manner. Under the SWIFT program, poverty rates are estimated by (i) training a poverty rate projection model on a previous...

In 2019-2020, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) introduced a historic package of legal reforms aimed at strengthening women's economic participation, in line with its national policy commitment to gender balance. The reforms signified a major milestone for the region, introducing paid parental...

This Budget brief presents a summary of developments in Myanmar's public finances. This report includes three sections that cover the aggregate fiscal update, a primer on public finance developments in core service ministries, and a longer-term view of fiscal management in Myanmar. The report...

The current iSOEF provides guidance on assessing SOE performance in an economy. Thisincludes the rationale for SOEs and their economic outcomes, operational efficiency, and corporate governance, as well as effective government oversights on these enterprises and options for reforming the sector....

The purpose of this Toolkit is to better equip SOE owners and regulators to drive the regulatory,policy, and institutional changes needed to ensure that SOEs consider climate change, integrate it into their operation, and disclose their strategies and actions to address the issue. The Toolkit...

This activity, which is part of the World Bank's European Commission (EC) - funded multisectoral engagement in the Turkish Cypriot community (TCc), aims to support the efforts to promote women's economic engagement, in particular by identifying constraints and required support for female...