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Clean Cities, Bright Futures: Accelerating Investment and Reforms in Solid Waste Management in Developing Countries
Results Highlights • The World Bank Group is the largest financer of solid waste management, providing 35 percent of global official development financing (US$5.13 billion) in the 2003–2021 period. It...
Date: May 05, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Investing in Resilient Transport to Drive Inclusive Growth in the Middle East and North Africa
STORY HIGHLIGHTSThe Morocco Urban Transport Project is working to strengthen the capacity of urban transport institutions to plan, implement, and monitor infrastructure and services, including...
Date: May 01, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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The Caribbean Connection: Building Digital Jobs in the Caribbean Bit by Bit
ResultsThis engagement expanded high-speed internet coverage across the Caribbean from 30% in 2012 to over 75% in 2024, connecting over 70,000 people (as of 2021) and counting. In Saint Lucia alone, connectivity...
Date: April 22, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Hospitality Assured: MIGA Guarantees Boost Tourism Jobs in Africa
Results $225 million in MIGA guarantees enabled $450 million in foreign direct investment in Sub-Saharan Africa’s hospitality sector.14 contracts of guarantee17 hotel projects with 2,900 hotel rooms...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Growing Livelihoods in Brazil: IFC’s Sustainably-managed Forestry Partnership with Suzano S.A.
Expected Results10,000 construction jobs2,700 direct jobs 40,900 indirect jobs in the value chain2 million hours of trainingExport of 180 megawatts of clean energy to the power grid The Challenge ...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Policies for Prosperity Supporting Jobs Growth and Climate Resilience in Philippines
Results Philippines Second Sustainable Recovery Development Policy Loan will result in the creation of an estimated 314,000 more or better-paid jobs through 2025Estimated to boost GDP growth by 0.8%...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Visitors Welcome: Infrastructure and Capacity Building Create Jobs in Indonesia’s Tourism Sector
Results $870 million in private sector investment mobilizedImproved water access for 570,000 peopleOver 20,000 businesses with expanded online presenceOver 84,000 tourism professionals certified18,000...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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In a Nutshell: Agri-processing adds value in Cote d’Ivoire’s cashew industry
ResultsDomestic cashew processing capacity increased from 68,515 tons in 2015 to 350,000 tons in 2024Over 18,321 jobs created, of which 66% are held by womenDevelopment of three agro-industrial zones dedicated...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Working to RAISE the Prospects of Bangladesh’s Youth and Migrants
Results280,000 beneficiaries have been reached through interventions that aim to improve earning opportunities for low-income urban youth and migrant workers returning to Bangladesh.This includes over...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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On the Job: Expanding Economic Opportunities for Youth, Women, and Refugees in Jordan
ResultsWorld Bank operations in Jordan are modeling good practice in generating jobs and expanding economic opportunity for youth, women, social assistance beneficiaries, and Syrian refugees.To date, 48,000...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Quantifying the Jobs Potential of AI in Latin America and the Caribbean
ResultsAnalysis found that 30–40% of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean are exposed in some way to generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI), with exposure highly linked to a country’s economic...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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From Root to Fruit: Growing the Horticulture Sector in Uzbekistan
ResultsHorticultural businesses in Uzbekistan became more profitable and productive, leading to the creation of over 34,500 permanent jobs – nearly 40% for women – and approximately 22,000 seasonal jobs...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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The Road to Better Jobs: Boosting Transit Connectivity in Kazakhstan
Results5.5 million residents along the Western Europe–Western China corridor in Kazakhstan have been connected through better road infrastructure since 2009.Two road projects created 50,000+ construction...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Working Toward Better Health: Expanding Community Health Services in Mozambique
ResultsMozambique more than doubled its workforce of trained and active community health workers – from 3,380 in 2018 to 8,300 in 2022The number of technical health staff assigned to primary care services...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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The Youth Dividend: Investing in Kenya’s Next Generation
ResultsThe project created 125,000 direct jobs and 30,000 indirect jobs, significantly boosting youth employment across Kenya.More than 145,000 young Kenyans participated in the program, displaying an...
Date: April 15, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Nepal: Supporting Local Businesses to Thrive
Prithwi Kalyan Parajuli, a management graduate in his early twenties from Pokhara, Nepal used to dream of becoming a successful enterprenuer. He saw a business opportunity in expanding the nutrition...
Date: April 08, 2025 Type: Feature Story Language: English
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Learning and School Reforms Continue in Ukraine Despite War Challenges
13-year-old Uliana is completing geometry homework before catching the afternoon school bus to Lyceum #1, which was running late due to an air raid siren. Uliana lives with her mother, younger brother...
Date: March 25, 2025 Type: Feature Story Language: English
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Mexico Can Eradicate Poverty with Adequate Policies and Inclusive Growth: World Bank
The eradication of extreme poverty in Mexico in the short and medium term can be set as a clear public policy objective. This is the key message of the new Poverty and Equity Report on Mexico by...
Date: March 11, 2025 Type: Press Release Language: English
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Empowering the Underserved: Supporting the Socioeconomic Mobility of Nigerian Women
The Nigeria for Women Project, operating from 2018 to 2024, has supported the creation of Women Affinity Groups (WAGs), which serve as hubs for their members to access financial services, training and...
Date: March 05, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English
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Connecting Youth to Digital Opportunities: The World Bank's Collaborative Approaches in Pakistan
Drawing on multi-donor trust fund financing from the World Bank, the Digital Inclusion Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) helped the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa develop the first provincial-level...
Date: March 05, 2025 Type: Result Brief Language: English