This paper estimates the profitability of inorganic fertilizer use in maize production in Malawi. It employs a two-wave, nationally representative panel of data on smallholder households and plots to estimate...
This brief talks about the performance of Fundación Cardiovascular (FCV) in Colombia, financed by IFC. Established in 1986 as a nonprofit foundation by a group of cardiologists to address the more than...
This brief talks about the performance of Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (JISL) in India financed by IFC. JISL, an integrated agribusiness, is the largest manufacturer of micro irrigation systems (MIS) in...
This brief talks about the performance of Ecom Agroindustrial Corporation Ltd. (ECOM) financed by IFC. ECOM is a global commodity trading and processing company specializing in coffee, cotton, cocoa, and...
The African country is one of the world's poorest nations. A staggering 83.4 percent of its population lives below the poverty line, a dire aftermath of the decade-long conflict between 1993-2003. As per...
Uzbekistan, a vast Central Asian nation of 36 million, has a robust economy with a remarkable 7.4 percent post-COVID growth in 2021. The country faces diverse climate-induced vulnerabilities such as rising...
Malawi is grappling with widespread land degradation due to factors like agricultural expansion, population growth, household reliance on biomass for energy, urbanization, and climate-related disasters...
Pakistan, a densely populated South-East Asian nation, is among the top 10 countries worldwide most affected by climate change and natural disasters. The country grapples with critical environmental issues...
Ethiopia confronts a pressing environmental crisis, land degradation that significantly hinders agricultural productivity. Characterized by soil erosion and nutrient depletion, this problem was particularly...
Zimbabwe, a landlocked African country, is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The primary sectors crucial for economic growth, outlined in its initial Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC)...
Madagascar, one of the world’s largest island nations lies off the African coast. It is renowned for its remarkable biodiversity and unique ecology, with about 90 percent of its plant and animal species...
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is among the world’s largest countries in both size and population. Its expansive forests and peatlands serve as crucial global carbon sinks. However, these ecosystems...
Geographical factors have largely been ignored by those trying to explain the record of persistently low economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The study described in this report has...
This country case study provides a review of primary health care (PHC)-centered integrated care systems for older adults in Mongolia and highlights lessons learned and challenges faced in care delivery...
Recently accepted into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Colombia is an upper-middle-income country experiencing both demographic and epidemiological transitions that are...
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, as of 2011, about 15 percent of the global population suffered from disabilities (WHO 2011). Although more recent estimates are not available, the evidence...
Compared to other regions, Africa’s population is considerably younger. Within Africa, the number of older people is projected to increase at a similarly rapid pace across all subregions from 2022 to 2050...
Through proactive and visionary leadership, Abu Dhabi was able to use the COVID-19 crisis to accelerate the introduction and adoption of digital health tools to protect the health of at-risk populations...