Economics & Development

This document is an implementation status and results report for the Harmonizing and Improving Statistics in West and Central Africa project. It details project progress, development objectives, and performance indicators related to public administration and ICT services.

This document outlines the procurement plan for the National Agricultural Value Chain Development Project (NAVCDP) in Kenya, focusing on agricultural markets, commercialization, agri-business, and irrigation.

This policy brief examines corporal punishment and school discipline through the lens of the PSSP Process Evaluation. It documents the continued widespread use of physical punishment and identifies gaps between Tanzania’s regulatory framework and school-level practice, including differing interpretations of what constitutes a “serious offense.” The brief discusses options for strengthening discipline policy and practice through clearer guidance and documentation, stronger monitoring and accountability, positive discipline approaches, and consideration of the role of corporal punishment in the legal framework.

La matriz de priorización de proyectos está diseñada como una herramienta estratégica que permite evaluar y ordenar proyectos según su impacto, ejecutabilidad y viabilidad financiera, con variables y ponderaciones ajustables a las decisiones estratégicas para fortalecer la visión y objetivos del Plan Parcial de Desarrollo Urbano del Tren México - Toluca “El Insurgente”. La metodología integra análisis de costos e ingresos con un horizonte a 10 años, además de impacto social, beneficios ambientales, coordinación interinstitucional, efecto habilitador y compatibilidad con financiamiento público, banca de desarrollo y esquemas privados para los 53 Proyectos Prioritarios establecidos en el Plan Parcial de Desarrollo Urbano del Tren México - Toluca “El Insurgente”. Los resultados obtenidos a partir del sistema de ponderación previamente acordado reflejan el ejercicio de priorización desarrollado durante una mesa de trabajo institucional, en la que participaron representantes de las distintas dependencias del Gobierno del Estado de México. Durante este taller, las dependencias evaluaron y consensuaron la prioridad de cada proyecto mediante la aplicación del sistema de ponderación previamente definido, lo que permitió clasificarlos en categorías que van desde máxima prioridad hasta no prioritarios diferenciando entre intervenciones estratégicas, instrumentos de regulación y de inducción/fomento; y estudios técnicos.

This document outlines Amendment No. 4 to the Administration Agreement between the World Bank and the Swiss Confederation, represented by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), concerning trust fund TF073787.

This document is a disclosable version of the implementation status and results report for the Burundi Integrated Community Development Project. It covers public administration, social protection, and project development objectives.

This document contains the audited financial statement for the Dushanbe Water Supply and Wastewater Project in Tajikistan, managed within the Europe and Central Asia region. It provides financial transparency and accountability regarding project funds allocated for water supply, sanitation, and public administration.

This document is a disclosable restructuring paper regarding the Scaling-Up Water Supply Sanitation and Hygiene Project (P164901). It covers public administration and projects related to water supply, sanitation, and waste management.

This document records the formal approval on an absence of objection basis dated September 30, 2026. It is related to IFC Project 51610.

This document contains the audited financial statement for the Transforming Healthcare through Reform and Investments in Efficiency project in Ukraine, managed by the Europe and Central Asia region. It details the financial management and accounting practices related to health sector investments and reform initiatives.

The development objective of the Benin Public Resource Management for Jobs and Growth for Benin is to increase domestic revenue and improve efficiency in public expenditure management. The operation, delivered through a Program for Results with a small Investment Project Financing component, focuses on two areas: Domestic Revenue Mobilization (DRM) and Public Financial Management (PFM). On DRM, the project supports simplifying and formalizing informal-sector taxation, strengthening the integrity of the taxpayer registry by linking the Unique Taxpayer Identification Number to the national ID, rationalizing tax expenditures and broadening the Value Added Tax (VAT) base including for digital economy transactions, deploying fiscal incidence analysis to inform equitable policy design, enhancing compliance risk management using a business intelligence platform, instituting performance management in the tax administration, improving customs risk-based selectivity for inspections, and recovering customs arrears. On PFM, the project supports rules-based and timely intergovernmental fiscal transfers to communes, mandatory cost benefit or feasibility appraisal of new domestically financed public investment with spatial and climate lenses, stronger State Owned Enterprise (SOE) oversight through timely publication of financial performance and fiscal risk reports and better dividend and cross debt management, and more open and competitive public procurement aligned with budget and investment planning and complemented by professionalization and risk based audit. The accompanying technical assistance finances enablers such as strengthening customs compliance risk management, operationalizing procurement professionalization, developing consolidated public sector financial reporting, bolstering independent verification and audits, and reinforcing grievance mechanisms including a monitored channel for women cross border traders and gender responsive human resource and service delivery practices in revenue administrations. Expected results include an increase in the tax to GDP ratio, a higher number of newly formalized enterprises filing non nil returns, expanded use of open competitive tendering, improved coverage and quality of project appraisal, more predictable and equitable local transfers, reductions in customs arrears, and enhanced transparency of SOE fiscal risks, thereby supporting debt sustainability indirectly. The project has no physical works and emphasizes system performance, transparency, digitalization, and evidence based reforms to translate revenue gains into credible, efficient spending that supports jobs and growth while protecting vulnerable groups through informed tax and transfer design.

This document contains the audited financial statement for the Madagascar Safety Nets and Resilience Project, managed under Eastern and Southern Africa. It reviews project expenditures and financial compliance according to established standards.

This procurement plan outlines the integrated land administration and spatial planning project for Indonesia within the East Asia and Pacific region. It covers administrative frameworks and spatial planning initiatives related to forestry and sub-national government sectors.

This project information document outlines the Southeast Asia Regional Economic Corridor and Connectivity Project, focusing on trade, public administration, and rural and inter-urban road infrastructure development. It details the objectives and framework of the regional connectivity initiative.

This document is an implementation status report for the Zimbabwe Renewable Energy Procurement Technical Assistance Project. It covers technical assistance focusing on energy generation, public administration in energy, and energy networks and storage.