Fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) significantly impact women and girls, exacerbating gender-based violence and …

agenda assumes greater significance for countries like Pakistan, where financial inclusion levels are quite low. It has led … to several policy interventions in Pakistan over the past decade and a half, including the promotion of microfinance, the … in Pakistan. It seeks to map the current state of financial access for women and to provide insights into their financial …

This collection of papers on different aspects and examples of participatory development represents some of the many … outputs from a recent Bankwide learning process on participatory development. The concept of participation is defined as "a … process through which stakeholders influence and share control over development initiatives, decisions, and resources that …

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and World Bank team conducted a study on PPP disclosure in Afghanistan, using the World Bank … 'Diagnostic Report') for Afghanistan. The Diagnostic Report examines the political, legal, and institutional environment for the … disclosure of information on PPPs in Afghanistan. Based on these findings, benchmarked against the World Bank's disclosure …

Climate change is a major risk to good development outcomes, and the World Bank Group is committed to playing an … important role in helping countries integrate climate action into their core development agendas. The World Bank Group (WBG) and … the Asian Development Bank (ADB) are committed to supporting client countries to invest in and build a low-carbon, climate …

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

displaced and returnees in the Afghanistan National Peace and Development Strategy (ANPDF) and development intervention; (ii … initiative to support Afghanistan's forcibly displaced population. The platform aims to inform and support the dialogue between … stakeholders in Afghanistan in order to: (i) seek ways to ensure a meaningful inclusion of durable solutions for the forcibly …

Afghanistan has made strong gains in health outcomes, health service coverage andhealth systems performance since 2003 …, with a particular impact on women and children's health. All told, Afghanistan has made notable progress towards achieving … the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets for improving maternal (MDG5) and child health (MDG4). According to United …

Afghanistan has been in conflict and internal turmoil since the early 1970s, which has resulted in loss of life … Afghanistan is giving agriculture and natural resource management utmost priority for development. Current policies link natural … sector that is critically important in the context of rural development and Afghanistan's economy, and is yet often …

Afghanistan is facing many economic and political challenges as it deals with spreading insurgency, declining economic … own initiatives and in partnership with International Development Organizations but will continue to be challenged in the … Government of Afghanistan (GoA) has identified is to capitalize on its wealth of Renewable Energy (RE) resources with a view to …