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Global Regulations, Institutional Development, and Market Authorities Perspective Toolkit (GRIDMAP) - Framework and Methodology
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-12-05) World Bank
GRIDMAP--the Global Regulations, Institutional Development, and Market Authorities Perspective Toolkit--provides emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) with a “Minimum Package” of policies to build markets that are trustworthy, safe, and competitive. The “Minimum Package” sets out essential regulatory provisions, institutional arrangements, and implementation and enforcement needed for those markets to thrive. GRIDMAP will provide modules focused on various subjects of market regulation, such as consumer protection and data markets.
Strengthening Cooperative Financial Institutions: Lessons Learned from a Joint World Bank and Rabo Partnerships Project
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-12-04) World Bank
With their large, often unparalleled, retail outreach to otherwise underserved areas and populations, Cooperative Financial Institutions (CFIs) have significant potential to deepen financial inclusion in rural and marginal urban areas. Greater financial access (savings, credits, payments, among others) is one of the key ingredients for rural and agriculture development. However, in many countries CFIs fail to reach their full potential due to inadequate regulation and supervision (R&S) as well as weak or inexistent financial safety nets (FSN), weak internal and external controls, insufficient management capacity, limited economies of scale, and weaknesses in their corporate governance. The World Bank (WB) and Rabo Partnerships (RP) carried out this knowledge project aiming to replicate and expand the successful global experiences in transforming the CFI sector through strengthening their R&S frameworks and FSN for CFIs, their federations, and networks. The project worked in Colombia, Ethiopia, and the West Africa region. The World Bank focused on policy work supporting reforms to the R&S environment and FSN, while, working in parallel, Rabo Partnerships addressed institutional capacity development, and strengthening CFIs, federations, and networks. This report summarizes the partners and pilot activities under this project.
Preventing a Lost Generation in Education: Understanding the State of Out of School Children in Myanmar
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-12-02) Fukao, T.; Katwal, S.; Thwin, M. M.; Kyaw, A. P.
This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of out-of-schoolchildren (OOSC) in Myanmar, examining variations in OOSC rates across demographics and geographical locations, identifying determinants of out-of-school status, and exploring challenges and opportunities in education access. The analysis primarily relies on data from the Myanmar Subnational Phone Survey 2024 (MSPS 2024), supplemented by MSPS 2023 and the Myanmar Living Conditions Survey 2017 (MLCS 2017).
A Framework for Understanding and Measuring Resilience: Social Sustainability and Inclusion Global Practice
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-12-02) Barron, P.; Cuesta, J.; El-Horr, J.; Wilson, J.
The paper provides practical guidance on how the concept of resilience can be applied by SSI programming as well as Community and Local Development (CLD) work led by other global practices. Targeted primarily at SSI task teams, the paper aims to do three things: first, it aims to help project teams think through how their work can build resilience. It does so by providing a framework for understanding resilience (section two) and by outlining three different pathways by which SSI work may promote resilience (section three). Second, it aims to link the SSI’s work on resilience to broader World Bank-wide work on resilience. It provides input from SSI on how data on impacts can be aggregated for the purpose of tracking progress on relevant corporate scorecard measures (section four). Third, it aims to help teams measure the impact of projects on resilience. It provides examples of indicators that can be used to measure the different elements of resilience in results frameworks and provides guidance on how to collect such data (section five).
From Knowledge to Action: Lessons from Early Operationalization of Country Climate and Development Reports
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-12-02) World Bank Group
The World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) integrate climate change and development. They help countries identify and prioritize the most impactful investment and reform actions that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and boost adaptation and resilience, while delivering on broader development goals. As of October 2024, the World Bank Group has published CCDRs for 60 countries and economies. This note identifies five key channels through which CCDRs have had an impact in countries. The diversity of operationalization modalities is driven by each country’s unique needs and political context, and many countries combine multiple modalities. This tailored approach is crucial for an effective implementation of CCDR recommendations, especially in challenging contexts.
Educational Access and Disparities in Myanmar
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-12-02) Fukao, T.; Katwal, S.; Thwin, M. M.; Kyaw, A. P.
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of the current state, trends, and disparities in education access in Myanmar, using data from Myanmar Living Conditions Survey 2017 (MLCS 2017), Myanmar Subnational Phone Survey (MSPS) 2023, and MSPS 2024. Despite the recent disruptions to the education sector, the findings reveal remarkable improvements in access to education across various levels, except for lower secondary education. Primary education net enrollment rate (NER) reached 92 percent in 2024, surpassing pre-pandemic levels, and upper secondary NER increased by 28 percent between 2023 and 2024.
Armenia SWM Sector Assessment and Reform Plan: Yerevan Municipal Waste Management Analysis Report
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-11-25) World Bank
This report presents an analysis of Yerevan's waste management system. It investigates the quantities of municipal waste generated and makes a projection what would be the waste generation in the next 20-year period of time. It also provides a description of the solid waste management (SWM) system in place in terms of operations, infrastructure, and facilities in place, institutional arrangements, current costs incurred, and financing of the waste management system. Besides, this Report tries to provide a critical overview of the municipal waste management sector in Yerevan and outline specific areas for improvement. Four different scenarios of an improved waste management system are analyzed in the report. The analysis points to potential efficiency gains that could be achieved and presents the cost implications of improved waste operations. The report concludes with recommendations about the steps that could be undertaken by the city to improve the overall performance of the waste management system in the short- and medium terms.
Armenia SWM Sector Assessment and Reform Plan: Gyumri Municipal Waste Management Analysis Report
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-11-25) World Bank
The present report presents an analysis of the waste management system of Gyumri city. It investigates the quantities of municipal waste generated and makes a projection of what would be the demand in the next 20-year period of time. It also provides a description of the solid waste management (SWM) system in place in terms of operations, infrastructure and facilities in place, institutional arrangements, and currents costs incurred and financing of the waste management system. Besides, this Report tries to provide a critical overview of the communal waste management sector in the city of Gyumri and outline specific areas for improvement. Four different scenarios of an improved waste management system are analyzed in the report. The analysis points to potential efficiency gains that could be achieved and presents the cost implications of improved waste operations. The report concludes with recommendations about the steps that could be undertaken by the city to improve the overall performance of the waste management system in the short- and medium-terms.
Armenia Waste Sector Reform Plan
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-11-25) World Bank
Waste management is a challenging sector to govern. The sector involves the day-to-day delivery of services that are vital to protecting public health and the environment. Regular and reliable waste management services underpin quality of life in communities, and contributes to Armenia’s attractiveness as a place to live, work and invest in. Significant progress has been made in Armenia in recent years, with collection service nearing universal coverage of the population. A significant number of unauthorized waste disposal sites have been closed over the past few years. Still, in many areas, the waste sector in Armenia is not performing well enough when compared to the best international standards. This waste sector reform plan is intended to support Armenia in developing a road map for its solid waste management sector and to improve, expand and make waste management services more sustainable.
Sustainable Rice Market Insights: A Preliminary Survey - Introduction to the Market and Financing Opportunities
(Washington, DC: World Bank, 2024-11-21) International Finance Corporation
Rice is increasingly significant in the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Climate Change Action Plan (2021–2025), focusing on climate-smart rice-farming systems and value chains. At COP28 in 2023, the World Bank launched the Global Methane Reduction Platform for Development (CH4D platform) to help low- and middle-income countries achieve the "methane triple wins" of reducing emissions, enhancing resilience, and empowering livelihoods. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) collaborates with private sector clients in Southeast and South Asia to promote sustainable rice cultivation, helping smallholders adopt low-carbon, water-efficient methods. Additionally, the IFC has contributed to the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP), which sets standards for sustainable rice. This report provides context on sustainable rice to guide potential investment opportunities and advisory services for companies in the rice supply chain, benchmarking the SRP Standards System against the IFC Performance Standards, exploring trade finance opportunities, and proposing milestones for sustainability-linked finance.