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No full textEurope’s risk profile and projected
climate change impacts, concentration of population, and
aging infrastructure and assets call for urgent action to
improve resilience. While European countries are taking
major steps in enhancing disaster and climate resilience,
catastrophic events reveal blind spots in critical sectors
that provide emergency response services. Recent disaster
events revealed significant knowledge gaps and the need to
better understand the risks faced by critical sectors and
what actions countries can take to systematically, yet
efficiently, mitigate and manage these risks. This report
helps close some of these gaps by providing guidance to
decision-makers and practitioners on how to make focused and
smart investments to increase the disaster and climate
resilience of critical sectors. First, to inform EU-wide
policy discussion and knowledge base, it highlights hotspots
where assets emergency response buildings such as fire
stations and emergency coordination centers were destroyed
or severely damaged, along with ambulances, fire trucks, and
search and rescue vehicles. Focused and smart investments
are needed to strengthen and adapt critical sectors in
Europe to disaster and climate risks
Djibouti: Digital Customs Administration Using ASYCUDAWorld
No full textThe document collection focuses on
the implementation of GovTech solutions in a small country
with a strategic location, aiming to improve its customs
administration system. The country heavily relies on
international trade, particularly as a corridor for
neighboring landlocked nations. Despite impressive economic
growth, the country faces human development deficits and
fragility. The upgrade to the ASYCUDAWorld system, financed
by the World Bank, has significantly improved customs
clearance processes, making the national investment climate
more attractive and advancing the government's goal of
comprehensive online service delivery. The overall objective
is to enhance access to e-government services and improve
government revenue systems
Promoting Circular Economy and Blue Economy for Environmental Sustainability
No full textOver the last two decades, the
Government of Egypt (GOE) has pursued its sustainable and
resilient development. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has
improved the governance framework and promoted new policy
instruments to meet growing environmental challenges. The
Ministry of Environment (MOE) has improved the governance
framework and promoted new policy instruments to meet
growing environmental challenges. The purpose of this CEA is
to help Egypt address some of these environmental challenges
by providing strategic guidance to the GOE to achieve green,
resilient, and inclusive growth while creating new jobs.
This CEA has been developed in consultation with the GOE and
has identified short-to medium-term priority areas in: (i)
circular economy (CE) for industrial pollution and waste
management; (ii) blue economy (BE) with a focus on
sustainable coastal zone management; (iii) environmental
governance; and (iv) innovative green financing mechanisms
targeting the CE and BE. It was conducted by reviewing
existing analytical work on environmental management in
Egypt, current environmental regulations, strategies,
reports, and public data. In addition, consultation
workshops, meetings (with government representatives,
nongovernmental organizations [NGOs], research institutions,
private sector, and key experts), and focus group
discussions were carried out to further modify or validate
the findings
Scaling Hydrogen Financing for Development
No full textThis report’s analysis provides
detailed information on the global hydrogen market and the
cost of producing hydrogen. It quantifies the gap between
the costs of financing clean hydrogen projects and the
benefits such a project can be expected to yield in the
short term. The study explores measures to minimize the need
for government financing by making hydrogen investments
attractive to the private sector. Chiefly, those measures
involve managing and mitigating risk. Major risk categories
such as those related to offtake have been identified
through an extensive survey. This study reviews best
practices for accelerated clean hydrogen deployment in
emerging markets and developing countries with an eye to key
risks in all project stages. Different types of risk are
analyzed and split into project-enabling factors and factors
that must be managed to reduce the cost of capital. The
potential of each type to reduce the cost of hydrogen is
quantified. The report lays out how multilateral development
banks and development finance institutions can help to
accelerate and de-risk clean hydrogen projects. However, at
this stage of the clean hydrogen industry’s development,
financial de-risking is insufficient. Policies are necessary
to de-risk investments and increase the volume and scale of
projects coming on stream
Accelerating Gender Equality Through Social Protection
No full textThe World Bank’s Gender Strategy
(2024-2030) aims to tackle both formal and informal barriers
to gender inequality, including power imbalances that often
affect women and girls disproportionally. To achieve
enduring gender equality, there must be collective action to
influence transformative changes in laws, policies, and
programming grounded in a deeper understanding of the
interaction between different actors and stakeholders at the
individual, household, community, and institutional levels.
This note outlines how social protection contributes to the
objectives of the World Bank’s Gender Strategy, which are to
end GBV and elevate human capital, expand and enable
economic opportunities, and engage women as leaders. This
note presents evidence and operational experience on how
social protection can boost gender equality and women and
girls’ empowerment outcomes and discusses challenges that
need to be addressed to maximize the impact of social
protection interventions at scale. Recommendations are
offered on ways to further amplify gender equality outcomes
FY 2024 Namibia Country Opinion Survey Report
No full textThe Country Opinion Survey in Namibia
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding
how stakeholders in Namibia perceive the WBG. It provides
the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local
governments, multilateral/bilateral agencies, media,
academia, the private sector, and civil society in Namibia
on 1) their views regarding the general environment in
Namibia; 2) their overall attitudes toward the WBG in
Namibia; 3) overall impressions of the WBG’s effectiveness
and results, knowledge work and activities, and
communication and information sharing in Namibia; and 4)
their perceptions of the WBG’s future role in Namibia
Étude diagnostique du système d’ identification au Cameroun
No full textAn estimated 7.5 million Cameroonians—about one in three people in the country—do not have an official
proof of identity such as a birth certificate or national ID card. More than one in three children have not
had their birth registered and more than half do not have a birth certificate. An estimated 2.5 million
adults do not have a national ID. In addition to being the objective of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Target 16.9— to “provide legal identity for all, including birth registration” by 2030—identification is a key
enabler for individuals to exercise their rights and for progress towards many other SDG targets, such as
financial and economic inclusion, social protection, gender equality, and safe and orderly migration.
Women, people in rural areas, young people aged 18-24, people among the poorest 40 percent of the
population, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) disproportionately suffer due to the lack of identity
documents. Those without a birth certificate or a national ID are often unable to access basic services and
economic opportunities, such as education, social assistance, financial services, or formal employment in.D’après les estimations, 7,5 millions de Camerounais – soit environ une personne sur trois dans le pays –
ne disposent pas d’une preuve d’identité officielle, telle qu’un acte de naissance ou une carte nationale
d’identité. Plus d’un enfant sur trois n’a pas été déclaré à la naissance et plus de la moitié d’entre eux
n’ont pas d‘acte de naissance. On estime par ailleurs que 2,5 millions d’adultes n’ont pas de carte nationale
d’identité. En plus de constituer la cible 16.9 des objectifs de développement durable (ODD) – « d’ici à
2030, garantir à tous une identité juridique, notamment grâce à l’enregistrement des naissances » –,
l’identification est un élément essentiel qui permet aux personnes d’exercer leurs droits et de progresser
dans la réalisation de nombreuses autres cibles des ODD, telles que l’inclusion financière et économique,
la protection sociale, l’égalité des sexes et la migration sûre et ordonnée. Les femmes, les habitants des
zones rurales, les jeunes de 18 à 24 ans, les personnes parmi les 40 pour cent les plus pauvres de la
population et les personnes déplacées à l’intérieur de leur propre pays (IDP) sont touchés de manière
disproportionnée par l’absence de documents d’identité. Les personnes sans acte de naissance ou carte
nationale d’identité se retrouvent souvent dans l’impossibilité d’accéder aux services de base et aux
possibilités économiques, tels que l’éducation, l’aide sociale, les services financiers ou l’emploi formel
From Reforms and Renewed Hope, to Results
No full textImportant reform decisions have been
taken for Nigeria to avoid a fiscal cliff, and temporary
compensation is being provided to help the poorest and most
vulnerable households. In May and June 2023, the incoming
administration undertook two critical policy decisions,
which have resulted in price and exchange rate adjustments
in the second half of the year. Targeted cash transfers are
helping to cushion the adjustment to higher gasoline prices.
On fiscal policy, budget planning for the next several years
is consistent with sustaining the fiscal savings from the
subsidy reform and mobilizing more revenues. However, the
reforms are yet to be completed to fully realize the
economic benefits. The FX market has remained volatile and
is still in a period of continuing adjustment to the new
policy approach. Revenue gains from the FX reform are
visible, but more clarity is needed on oil revenues,
including the fiscal benefits from the PMS subsidy reform.
The economic outlook for Nigeria in the short to medium term
hinges on the continuation and effectiveness of its
macroeconomic stabilization agenda. Successful
implementation of the initiated reforms will be the first
step toward improving Nigeria’s growth prospect. Moving
decisively onto a higher long-term growth and poverty
reduction path requires not only a stable macroeconomic
environment but also concerted structural reforms
Capacity of Colombia’s Power Distribution Networks to Accommodate Electric Vehicles
No full textTransport must be decarbonized if
climate commitments are to be met. Colombia is a leader in
the adoption of electric vehicles in Latin America. However,
the growth of the electric vehicles (EV) market can create
operational and planning challenges for the power grid.
Fortunately, recent analyses show that Colombia’s
distribution grids have the capacity to accommodate the
increased power demand created by electric vehicles in the
short and medium terms, paving the way for achievement of
climate targets. The results of simulations suggest that
network operators can plan effectively for the future by
considering the growing penetration of EVs in the design of
new grids
Unilateral Divorce Laws and Women’s Labor Outcomes
No full textDespite substantial progress in
closing the gender gap, women’s labor force participation in
the Middle East and North Africa remains one of the lowest
globally, at a mere 18 percent. This paper investigates the
effect of the introduction of unilateral divorce laws on
women’s labor outcomes, using data from the Demographic and
Health Survey program that spans decades and a
quasi-experimental difference-in-differences design in three
countries: Morocco, the Arab Republic of Egypt, and Jordan.
The results highlight that no-fault divorce legislation was
associated with a modest increase in mothers’ labor
outcomes, measured by current employment, a few years after
the reform. These findings are likely induced by a power
shift and anticipatory effects that drive women into the
labor force. However, when a longer time window is
considered, 10 or more years after the reform, the study
documents a negative effect of the reform on women’s labor
outcomes in Morocco, and a positive effect in the Arab
Republic of Egypt and Jordan. These differences can be
attributed to a set of countervailing effects, including
social norms, labor market dynamics, and evolution of the
legislation, that make the derived utility from marriage, in
some cases, more attractive than that derived from
employment, and vice versa. These findings partially confirm
results from previous research on the relationship between
no-fault divorce and women’s agency and empowerment in the
Middle East and North Africa region, but, at the same time,
contrast with prominent perspectives on legislation that
aims at reducing gender-based discrimination. Instead, they
show that there might be undesired effects of legislation
and provide a policy relevant discussion on that basis