The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the World Bank's corporate goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting … poverty in all its forms, but their key difference from the earlier Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is the integration of … delivery. With this understanding as its guiding compass, the Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Poverty Diagnostic …

has enabled Kazakhstan to achieve rapid reductions in poverty. This note draws on a large body of recent and ongoing …Kazakhstan is a unique country in a unique part of the world. Its uniqueness is important, as it shapes the … independence in 1992, Kazakhstan has made rapid progress in transitioning to an upper-middle income country. This sustained growth …

) are associated with nonfarm job creation and poverty reduction. By focusing on Rwanda's 416 geographic sectors for the … sector level was associated with a 1.2 percent lower multidimensional poverty index and 1.4 point higher share of nonfarm … Kigali, and/or had better market access. Although increasing population density was profoundly associated with poverty …

resilient, developing well beyond initial expectations, and has made very good progress with poverty reduction. GNI per capita …

Gender equality has long been central to the World Bank's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and boosting shared …

The Country Opinion Survey in Kazakhstan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better understanding of how … stakeholders in Kazakhstan 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 Kazakhstan on 1) their views regarding …

After suffering a pandemic-driven slump in 2020, Kazakhstan's economic recovery is on track, having sustained quarterly …

The Republic of Kazakhstan is located in Central Asia, the country shares borders with the Russian Federation to the … natural boundary to the west. Kazakhstan contains forest-steppe, steppe, semi-arid, and desert climate zones and precipitation … is low throughout. This document aims to succinctly summarize the climate risks faced by Kazakhstan. This includes rapid …

Kazakhstan's economy started to recover in the second half of 2020, although real GDP is still lower than pre-COVID-19 …. After suffering the worst contraction in the past two decades, Kazakhstan's real GDP rebounded in the third quarter of 2020 … adjusted terms relative to the Q4 last year. The external environment has generally improved and lifted the value of Kazakhstan …