Improvements on excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) are urgently needed in Mexico to reduce preventable premature deaths. In Mexico, 125,350 people lose their...
En México se necesitan urgentemente mejoras en los impuestos selectivos al tabaco, las bebidas alcohólicas y las bebidas azucaradas para reducir las muertes prematuras evitables. En México, 125,350 personas...
This assessment of the implementation of the Basel Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision (BCP) in Uzbekistan has been completed as a part of the Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP) mission...
This Country Program Evaluation assesses the performance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group’s support to Georgia in achieving the country’s development objectives. In the decade leading up to the...
DRFA focuses on achieving a balance of financial mechanisms that maximize the welfare for households, the economic activity and resilience for communities, and the budget efficiency and certainty for governments...
This evaluation assesses the relevance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group's support to Tanzania between Fiscal Years 2012 and 2022. Over the past decade, Tanzania has experienced resilient growth...
The Country Opinion Survey in Equatorial Guinea assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Equatorial Guinea perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback...
The Country Opinion Survey in Equatorial Guinea assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Equatorial Guinea perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback...
This Guidebook provides practical operational guidance for designing, delivering, and implementing World Bank-supported social safety nets in contexts affected by fragility, conflict and violence (FCV)...
Since the publication of the previous (2022) RISE edition, progress toward universal electrification reversed course for the first time in 20 years. About 685 million people, most of them living in Sub-Saharan...
This paper evaluates Tunisia’s “Startup Act,” a policy initiative to foster innovative firms through a “start-up” label and a bundle of incentives, including reduced social security contributions, corporate...
The Country Opinion Survey in Saudi Arabia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Saudi Arabia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from...
The Country Opinion Survey in Saudi Arabia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Saudi Arabia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from...
The Country Opinion Survey in Kuwait assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Kuwait perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
The Country Opinion Survey in Saudi Arabia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Saudi Arabia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from...
The Country Opinion Survey in Kuwait assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Kuwait perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
The Country Opinion Survey in Kuwait assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Kuwait perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
This Technical Note, prepared as part of the FSAP development module assessment conducted by the World Bank in October 2024, examines key financial consumer protection issues in the Eswatini financial...
The Country Opinion Survey in Sri Lanka assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how Sri Lanka stakeholders perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
The Country Opinion Survey in Sri Lanka assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how Sri Lanka stakeholders perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...