India, recognizing the complex challenges of rising temperatures, was one of the first countries in the world to … develop a comprehensive Cooling Action Plan in 2019. The India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP) sets out a long-term vision of …-resilient economic growth. To help India achieve the ICAP's bold vision while identifying entry points for World Bank sectoral engagement …

Poverty rates in Guatemala are among the highest in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Guatemala is now the second … development, and poverty and seeks to understand this paradigm through a careful examination of trends in access to water and … sanitation and in corresponding linkages to poverty and health. It also reviews the governance structure and expenditure plans …

The overall objective of the Maputo Urban Poverty and Inclusive Growth Study is to inform the municipal governments of … Maputo and Matola in the Greater Maputo Area (GMA) on how to better target and finance urban poverty reduction programs by … building critical knowledge on urban poverty and land-based municipal revenue enhancement. The study carried out an in …

understand poverty's determinants. Exploiting data from the 2017 household expenditure survey, as well as administrative and … geospatial data, it provides a detailed analysis of poverty in the country, its strong link to labor market outcomes, and the … shows that over a fifth of the Djiboutian population continues to live in extreme poverty and that the country has high …

countries like India aspire to grow further and navigate a phase of rapid economic transformation, investments in social … articles take stock of India's major social protection programs, including pension programs, health insurance, the public … distribution system, and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The latter two are among the largest anti-poverty …

Half Full: Poverty Diagnostic of Water Supply, Sanitation, and Hygiene Conditions in Tajikistan documents the realities …