Key findings: • Mangrove loss in Indonesia has been rapid and linked to market incentives, land tenure issues, regulations, and institutions. • Efforts to rehabilitate and protect mangroves have had mixed...
Land titling interventions often span several years. The impacts of an intervention that subdivides collective land titles and issues individual titles can vary across individuals and time. The vast majority...
Across the world, in low-income countries as well as wealthy ones, decision-makers in government and industry, as well researchers, environmental organizations, and citizens’ groups have been working to...
Across the world, in low-income countries as well as wealthy ones, decision-makers in government and industry, as well researchers, environmental organizations, and citizens’ groups have been working to...
Twenty-two studies from lower- and middle-income countries rigorously tested if an increase in access to childcare improved mothers’ labor force participation or earnings. All but one study found at least...
This study performed an assessment of the solid waste management (SWM) plans and the collection, recycling, and disposal conditions of the 17 Local Government Units (LGUs) of Metro Manila to determine...
Solid waste management (SWM) in the Philippines continues to be hampered by gaps and issues despite the passage of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000. One of these issues involves plastic...
In response to a request from the Government of Vietnam, this World Bank study was conducted from July 2020 to April 2021 to deepen knowledge about the different plastic waste types leaking into rivers...
The rising production and consumption of plastic combined with mismanagement of plastic waste is leading to significant pollution of marine and coastal areas. Addressing plastic waste on islands is crucial...
Chính phủ Việt Nam đã đặt ra các mục tiêu đầy tham vọng để giảm rác thải nhựa đại dương. Trong Kế hoạch hành động quốc gia về quản lý rác thải nhựa đại dương đến năm 2030, Chính phủ Việt Nam cam kết cắt...
Vietnam is one of the world’s major plastic litter polluters; every year an estimated 280,000 to 310,000 tons of plastic leak into the ocean. The roadmap focuses on reducing the single use plastics (SUPs)...
Việt Nam là một trong những nước gây ô nhiễm rác thải nhựa lớn nhất thế giới; Mỗi năm ước tính có khoảng 280.000 đến 310.000 tấn nhựa rò rỉ ra đại dương. Lộ trình tập trung vào việc giảm thiểu các loại...
The government of Vietnam has set ambitious targets for reducing marine plastic litter. In its National Action Plan for Management of Marine Plastic Litter by 2030, Vietnam’s government committed to cutting...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is affecting businesses on a national and global scale. International and local restrictions to limit the spread of the virus have had severe economic impact...
The enormous amount of plastic waste – especially litter from plastic packaging – that leaks into the natural environment each year is a global concern with severe environmental consequences, particularly...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the important role digital financial services (DFS) can play in reducing disruptions to supply chains, maintaining economic activity, supporting social transfers and ensuring...
This report seeks to deepen policy makers’ understanding of the critical role for innovation in the future growth and development of developing East Asia. To achieve this, the report examines the region’s...
Accurately measuring and understanding agency, or one’s ability to make choices and achieve desired outcomes can support the design and targeting of effective development interventions, as well as tracking...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting businesses on a national and global scale. As governments introduced measures to contain the domestic spread of the virus, restrictions on...
Mismanaged plastic waste has growing economic and environmental consequences. USD 80-120 billion worth of plastic packaging is lost from the global economy each year due to lack of recycling and suboptimal...