This report, which is funded by the EU under the Support to Public Sector Management Reform Project in BiH, presents an assessment of e-services and key enablers that underpin an efficient and user-centric digital government in the RS, including recommendations for further development. The...

Education needs to recover the space it lost in national budgets because of COVID-19. Many LICs and LMICs decreased the prioritization of education spending with the onset of COVID-19. Half of these countries reduced their annual spending on education in 2020, compared to 28 percent in 2019....

Colombia ocupa la última posición en conexiones a internet por cada 100 habitantes entre los 38 países medidos por la Organización para la Cooperación y elDesarrollo Económicos (OCDE). La brecha de conectividad entre las áreas rurales ylas áreas urbanas del país es considerable. El 52,9...

Free education policies have vastly increased access to schooling but, if improperly financed, can reduce quality, and exacerbate inequities in education systems. To support free education, countries in sub-Saharan Africa have introduced new alternative models of school funding. Abolition of...

Ce diagnostic sur la gestion des risques climatiques et de catastropheen Algérie a été élaboré dans le cadre d’une assistance technique de laBanque mondiale au gouvernement algérien. Il présente un profil rapidedes risques auxquels fait face le pays, décrit l’impact...

The Russian invasion has had diverse effects on businesses, causing significant damage to Ukraine's private sector. These effects can be attributed to three primary channels of transmission: disruptions in accessing domestic and international markets, interruptions in the supply of essential...

L'évaluation des politiques et des institutions nationales (CPIA – Country Policy and Institutional Assessment)en Afrique est un outil de diagnostic annuel portant sur les pays d'Afrique subsaharienne éligibles aufinancement de l'Association internationale de développement (IDA –...

Books are one of the most important inputs in student learning and are generally considered a cost-effective input for increasing the quality of primary education (Fredriksen et al., 2015). After salaries, which typically account for around 80 percent of spending on basic education in...

The Regulatory Watch Initiative (RWI) is designed as a supplementary tool to aid national administrations in contemplating, analyzing, and drafting policies, laws, and regulations. It can also provide insight on comparative measures to spur Digital Economy growth by informing decision-makers...

The Kyrgyz Republic has recorded steady progress in poverty reduction and shared prosperity over the past twenty years. The government's national development program to 2040 sets a clear target for continued growth and improved living standards. The overarching theme of the Systematic Country...