The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector finds itself at a pivotal moment while propelling digital transformation across the globe, it is also contributing to climate change. In almost...
Utilizing novel data on over 10,000 disclosed cyber incidents across 190 countries and 21 industries, along with data on governments’ cybersecurity commitments, this paper investigates the impact of cybersecurity...
Utilizing novel data on over 10,000 disclosed cyber incidents across 190 countries and 21 industries, along with data on governments’ cybersecurity commitments, this paper investigates the impact of cybersecurity...
This short note is based on a survey conducted in one of the largest microwork platforms and supplemented by data scraping from the same platform. Using descriptive statistics, network analysis, constrained...
This Short Note aims to provide some practical tips for practitioners like World Bank task team leaders in implementing online gig work programs to enable vulnerable populations - such as youth, women...
This report is the fifth deliverable under the agreement between the National Administration “Romanian Waters” (ANAR) and the World Bank (WB). It provides technical inputs for developing specifications...
Acest raport, Livrabilul nr. 5a din cadrul Acordului de Servicii de Asistență Tehnică Rambursabile (SATR) semnat între Administrația Națională "Apele Române" (ANAR) și Banca Mondială (BM) la data de 8...
The development objective of First Phase of the Digital Foundations Project : Digital Program Project for Malawi is to address the problems of limited availability, poor quality and cost prohibitive mobile...
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...
South Sudan is a low-income country, dependent on its natural resources, which has inherited a harsh economic environment from decades of war. This report is based on the DE4A diagnostic framework which...
Currently, about ten percent of the global population lives in economies affected by Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV). Climate change, rising inequality, demographic change, sovereign debt and other...
The development objective of the Strengthening the National Statistical System Project for Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) is to improve the capacity of the Lao PDR statistical system (LSS) to produce...
This note provides key entry points of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) prevention and response actions in the World Bank (WB) projects by Global Practice/sector.
The structure of this document traces the stages of the purchase of Cloud services in a context of project support by the World Bank.
This report was first prepared as a background document for the World Bank–International Monetary Fund Annual Meetings event Climate-Smart Public Investment Management in Africa on October 19, 2021. It...
Accessibility must be considered when addressing the digital divide. In less developed countries, traditional written or verbal communications can sometimes be the only forms of communication available...
More than ever, Digital Technology is the driving force behind economic growth and job creation. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are reshaping many aspects of the world’s economies, governments...