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    Empowering Adolescent Girls through Safe Spaces and Accompanying Measures in Côte d’Ivoire
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) Boulhane, Othmane; Boxho, Claire; Kanga, Désiré; Koussoube, Estelle; Rouanet, Léa
    This study uses a cluster-randomized controlled trial to investigate the effects of a large-scale women and girls empowerment program on sexual and reproductive health and empowerment outcomes in Côte d’Ivoire. The study assesses and compares the impact of diverse strategies aimed at equipping girls with life skills and sexual and reproductive health knowledge, provided through well-established safe spaces, in isolation or in combination with livelihood support interventions, or with initiatives designed to engage boys and men and community and religious leaders. The findings show that one year after the end of the interventions, safe spaces alone have a moderate impact on girls’ empowerment, while safe spaces combined with husbands’ and future husbands’ clubs are the most impactful. Combining safe spaces with livelihood support interventions leads to improvements in adolescent girls’ employment outcomes, as expected. Finally, the findings show that engaging leaders in the context of safe spaces interventions yields mixed results on girls’ empowerment.
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    Sierra Leone Human Capital Review: Maximizing Human Potential for Resilience and Inclusive Development
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) World Bank
    This Human Capital Review (HCR) report presents an in-depth analysis of human capital indicators throughout a person’s lifetime, from in utero to productive aging. By examining the various stages of human capital accumulation, the report aims to provide accurate recommendations for specific groups in Sierra Leone. Thus, the report disaggregates data whenever possible. It relies on an extensive consultative process involving various stakeholders such as Government counterparts, development partners, teachers, adolescent girls, students, private sector representatives, and local representatives. The consultation process followed a Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation (PDIA) approach, which facilitates the identification and resolution of problems by local leadership. In addition, this report aims to inform the design and implementation of human capital reforms that will respond to specific challenges identified in the report.
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    IFC and Spain, Partners in Private Sector Development
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) International Finance Corporation
    International Finance Corporation (IFC) partners with multinationals and mid-sized firms that are interested in investing in emerging markets. As of June 2023, IFC had a long-term committed investment portfolio of close to 2.9 billion dollars with Spanish partners spread across several sectors and regions. In FY19-23, Spain provided cumulative funding of over 7 million dollars to support IFC Advisory Services, including around 3.9 million dollars in FY23, for the replenishment of the Spain-IFC Technical Assistance Trust Fund (TATF). To date, the Spain TATF has funded a portfolio of 58 projects for 13 million dollars. The projects supported by the Trust Fund span all IFC regions with the largest allocations to Latin America and the Caribbean (24 percent), Middle East and North Africa (19 percent), and Europe and Central Asia (17 percent).
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    Nepal Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis: Policy Brief
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) World Bank
    Crisis preparedness is cral to preventing shocks from becoming crises. Investments in ex ante preparedness are especially relevant in countries like Nepal that face high levels of exposure and vulnerability to a range of risks.   In seeking to identify opportunities to strengthen the Government of Nepal’s (GoN’s) capacity to prepare for crisis events in an effective and timely manner, this Technical Annex presents findings from the application of the Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis (CPGA) diagnostic in the country. It provides details on findings and entry points across the five componnts of crisis preparedness. For a summary, please refer to the accompanying CPGA Nepal Briefing Note. Following a brief description of the CPGA methodology, the Technical Annex presents a summary of findings from each CPGA component alongside identification of entry points and opportunities to strengthen crisis preparedness in the country. To provide a holistic assessment of preparedness, the CPGA focuses on five core components of crisis preparedness. These are (i) Legal and Institutional Foundations, (ii) Understanding and Monitoring Risks, (iii) Financial Preparedness, (iv) Primary Response, and (v) Social and Livelihood Support.
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    People and Plastics: The Profile, Vulnerabilities, and Role of Informal Waste Workers in Addressing Marine Plastics Pollution
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) World Bank
    The present study focuses on a particular group of actors along the plastics collection and recycling value chain—informal waste workers (IWWs)—on whom limited information has been collected at the country level. Specifically, the study examines two questions: (i) what is the profile and vulnerabilities of informal waste workers in the three countries including gender-specific vulnerabilities; and (ii) what livelihood opportunities and community-based innovation models have been piloted in the selected countries, and can be used as case study examples in future policies and interventions, with the objectives of reducing vulnerability of IWWs and contributing to improving solid waste management and recycling value chains
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    IFC and Norway, Partners in Private Sector Development
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) International Finance Corporation
    International Finance Corporation (IFC) has an active relationship with Norway, including business development with Norwegian companies interested in investing in emerging markets, as well as donor-funded initiatives. As of June 2023, IFC had a long-term committed investment portfolio of 292 million dollars with Norwegian partners spread across several sectors and regions. Between FY19-23, Norway committed over 45 million dollars to support IFC Advisory Services. Norwegian funding contributes to improvements in the legislative business enabling environment through the Foreign Investment Advisory Services Facility (FIAS), the promotion of private sector development in fragile countries through the Africa Fragility Initiative (AFI), or the improvement of local health care services and the facilitation of locally manufactured vaccines through the global health platform (GHP). Norway has also partnered with IFC to advance gender equality and to foster investments in clean energy. IFC also collaborates with Norfund, Norway’s Development Finance Institution, which seeks to develop and establish sustainable and profitable businesses in emerging markets.
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    Nepal Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis: Technical Annex
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) World Bank
    Crisis preparedness is cral to preventing shocks from becoming crises. Investments in ex ante preparedness are especially relevant in countries like Nepal that face high levels of exposure and vulnerability to a range of risks.   In seeking to identify opportunities to strengthen the Government of Nepal’s (GoN’s) capacity to prepare for crisis events in an effective and timely manner, this Technical Annex presents findings from the application of the Crisis Preparedness Gap Analysis (CPGA) diagnostic in the country. It provides details on findings and entry points across the five componnts of crisis preparedness. For a summary, please refer to the accompanying CPGA Nepal Briefing Note. Following a brief description of the CPGA methodology, the Technical Annex presents a summary of findings from each CPGA component alongside identification of entry points and opportunities to strengthen crisis preparedness in the country. To provide a holistic assessment of preparedness, the CPGA focuses on five core components of crisis preparedness. These are (i) Legal and Institutional Foundations, (ii) Understanding and Monitoring Risks, (iii) FinancialPreparedness, (iv) Primary Response, and (v) Social and Livelihood Support.
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    Blended Finance for Climate Investments in India
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) International Finance Corporation
    The document collection focuses on the concept of blended finance for climate investments, emphasizing the need for innovative financial mechanisms to address climate change. It discusses the potential of blending public and private capital to mobilize investment in climate-related projects, aiming to achieve both environmental and financial returns. The collection explores various models and case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of blended finance in driving sustainable development and combating climate change on a global scale.
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    IFC and Hungary, Partners in Private Sector Development
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-13) International Finance Corporation
    IFC’s main government counterparts are the Ministry of Finance of Hungary and the Hungarian Export-Import Bank PLC (Eximbank). In FY19-23, Hungary provided cumulative funding of ten million to the Hungary-IFC Partnership Trust Fund (HIPTF) II, of which seven million to support IFC advisory services and three million to support the 2030 Water Resources Group. As of June 2023, IFC has allocated 6.49 million of the HIPTF II funds to 16 active IFC advisory projects in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Central Asia. The HIPTF II is the second phase of the Hungary-IFC Partnership, which was established in 2014 with an initial twenty million contribution from Hungary and has delivered significant development results, supporting the energy, agribusiness, health, water management and ICT sectors across several regions in emerging markets.
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    Tanzania Economic Update, Issue 20: Overcoming Demographic Challenges while Embracing Opportunities
    (Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-03-12) World Bank
    Tanzania has managed to sustain its growth momentum despite the intensifying effects of climate change. While Tanzania’s economy continues to expand, recent growth has been concentrated in sectors that employ few workers from poor households, limiting its impact on poverty. The Bank of Tanzania (BoT) has implemented an effective monetary policy designed to curb inflation and alleviate mounting short-term demand pressure on foreign exchange. While Tanzania’s recovery continues to accelerate, several serious threats cloud its economic outlook. Key risks include the slow or incomplete implementation of structural reforms, the damaging effects of climate change on the agriculture and tourism sectors, and the possibility of a global recession caused by fiscal and monetary policy tightening in advanced economies and major EMDEs. To mitigate these risks, policymakers must accelerate structural reforms as part of a sustained effort to attract greater private investment and spur resilient and inclusive private-sector-led growth. Over the longer term, one of the country’s key challenges will be to complete its structural economic transformation, which will require creating a more favorable business climate to support the growth of the industrial and services sectors while boosting agricultural productivity. Another key long-term growth challenge will be achieving more balanced and inclusive growth.