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Data for Development - The World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study team on the road in Uganda. Talip Kilic and James Muwonge of the Uganda Bureau of Statistics explain why accurate data is so important to sustainable development, and how "Behind every data point is a human story."

In September 2020, the World Bank approved a US$130.8 million (approximately UGX 480 billion) grant from the International Development Association (IDA) for the tarmacking of the 105 km Koboko-Yumbe-Moyo road. Once completed, it is expected to transform the region's infrastructure and improve trade with neighboring countries like South Sudan ...

The data revolution is changing the way the World Bank collects, analyzes and uses big data to monitor and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Big Data needs traditional data to ground truth and calibrate big data algorithms for robust analytical insights. The World Bank has valuable expertise in development data and sectors, as well as ...

The World Bank has urged the implementing agencies of the Generating Growth Opportunities and Productivity for Women Enterprises program (GROW) to ensure that targeted beneficiaries can seamlessly access the funds. According to World Bank Country Manager Rosemary Mukami Kariuki, the majority of women-led small businesses or startups are often ...

The WDI allows data consumers to access information about all elements of development, both historical and current, and to follow trends and monitor progress toward a variety of goals and targets. National, regional, and worldwide estimations are included in the database, which is compiled using officially recognized sources.

Finance ministers and central bank governors are currently gathering in Washington this week for the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings. Some of the key issues on the table are the need to tackle challenges ranging from inflation to slowing economic growth, the debt crisis, revenue deficits, and more. We spoke with the chief executive at Alpha ...

Simple and easy way to get secondary data using the World Bank database. In this tutorial, few macroeconomic indicators for few countries in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) were chosen. Data downloaded included GDP growth, GDP growth per capita, Trade, Population, and Inflation.

Uganda’s tourism sector has long been renowned for its natural beauty, diverse wildlife, and rich cultural heritage. However, beyond these well-known attractions, considerable progress has been made behind the scenes to elevate the country's tourism industry to new levels. With the support of the World Bank-funded Competitiveness and ...

A brief overview of the data.worldbank.org web site's functionality.

The National Forestry Authority with support from the World Bank has embarked on the restoration of over 500 hectares of the degraded forest cover in Bugoma Central Forest Reserve in Kabwoya Sub-County Kikuube District. Over 411,144 indigenous tree species will be planted during the restoration exercise. #NTVNews #NTVTonight #NTVWeekendEdition ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries has secured over USD 350 million in funding from the World Bank to support and commercialize agriculture in 69 districts across the country. The support, named the Uganda Climate Smart Agricultural Transformation Project, will enable sustainable development through key investments in ...

The World Bank's WDI database is the most widely used professional source of data about countries.

The World Bank Group has a lot of economic and social data on their servers, which is available for free. You can download and use the data too, but today we will show you how to connect power bi directly to their data, through API, and create dashboards using that data. World Bank API is a combination of url, and query string. You can select ...

How to Download and Arrange Time Series Data from The World Bank; World Development Indicators (WDI)

Download World Political, Outline and Coastline boundaries from World bank official website. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Download Link for World shapefiles boundaries: https://datacatalog.worldbank.org/search/dataset/0038272/World-Bank-Official-Boundaries ...

The World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs), a pioneering core diagnostic that integrate climate change and development considerations, have analyzed 24 countries so far. Analyzing the first batch of these reveals that countries can build resilience and achieve climate goals without compromising development, but ...

How do we tap the full value of data, ensuring equitable access for poor people? What reforms are needed in data governance to protect individuals, businesses, and societies from harm? The upcoming World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives comes at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on the global economy, bringing to ...

COVID-19 ended a remarkable phase of global prosperity—a span of roughly 25 years when rapid economic growth enabled the incomes of the poorest nations to converge with those of the wealthiest, when the world came within striking distance of extinguishing extreme poverty. Today, the world is massively off-track on the goal of ending extreme ...

In this video tutorial we will teach you how to use World Bank API (WBGAPI) to import data and statistics into python and create charts using Pandas library. https://virtual-school.org/tutorial?v=ri_RLKU7EAQ

The World Bank’s 2023 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, published today, offers powerful data insights on the progress and setbacks in our efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the midpoint in their implementation.

With 189 member countries, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership fighting poverty worldwide through sustainable solutions.

The World Bank report finds that the world remains off course to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 for energy by 2030. Tracking SDG7 press release 2024

Digital Transformation holds the potential to address pressing issues in Uganda's public service. According to the World Bank, Uganda's internet penetration stands at around 25 percent as of 2023 compared to Kenya's 47 percent and Rwanda's 33 percent. This relatively low connectivity impacts access to essential services Well such issues are ...

A one-minute video which explains how and why the International Monetary Fund (aka IMF) and the World Bank were formed, what they're supposed to do and how people currently perceive them. Please like, comment and subscribe if you've enjoyed the video. To support the channel, give me a minute (see what I did there?) of your time by visiting ...

Discover Matia Kasaija's humorous approach to borrowing from the World Bank. Get insights into Uganda's economy and finance plans. #uganda #news #tiktok duc.updates(@duc.updates). original sound - duc.updates. Matia Kassaija Planning to take A Loan From Workd Bank😂😂😂😂 #foryou #fyp #uganda #news #viral

With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries. The World Bank Group's recruitment policy is to hire staff of the ...

Despite the slump in global oil prices, the start of commercial oil production in Uganda in 2018 offers long-term prospects to diversify the country’s economy and catapult it to upper middle income status in 30 years, according to the country’s new economic memorandum.

The 2023 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals aims to be a reservoir of knowledge about the SDGs for policy makers, academics, journalists, and the public at large. We follow an open-data, open-code, open-knowledge approach. In this spirit, anyone can download all its data, code, and visualizations. Stay tuned for the latest SDGs Atlas ...

The World Bank has unveiled a new methodology and improved safeguards for assessing the business climate in up to 180 countries. What is the World Bank? What does it do? Download the all-new Business Standard app: https://bit.ly/App-BS Join us: http://www.facebook.com/bsindia http://twitter.com/bsindia https://www.instagram.com/business.standard

In this tutorial, I explain how to download data from world bank database in a quick and effecient way and set up as panel data required for analysis in SPSS or stata. How to #Download #Data from #World #bank #Database and #set #up as #Panel Data in #Excel #spreadsheet #worldbank #paneldata #spss

In a bold and historic move, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has joined Burkina Faso's Captain Ibrahim Traoré in rejecting reliance on IMF and World Bank loans. This strategic shift signals a growing wave of African economic independence and resistance against neo-colonial financial systems. 🌍 What does this mean for Africa’s future ...

Fast and easy way on how to download World Bank data (that is, World Development Indicators, WDI data)

How to load World Development Indicator data from the World Bank directly into R/R-Studio. Data Source for reference: https://data.worldbank.org Documentation on WBI package: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/WDI/index.html Documentation on "use_labels":https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/expss/vignettes/labels-support.html

Women in Uganda and Mozambique boost earnings, increase produce and create other jobs through farming cooperatives. To learn more about the food crisis, visit http://www.worldbank.org/foodcrisis

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World Bank President Ajay Banga joins us for a timely conversation on how the Bank is evolving to tackle the intertwined challenges of today’s world — from creating jobs and driving inclusive growth to working with the private sector and making development central to global stability and opportunity. Featuring: *Ajay Banga President, World ...

The most recent World Bank Uganda Economic Update explores the benefits and consequences of the country's urbanization.

WORLD DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS World Development Indicators (WDI) is the World Bank’s premier compilation of cross-country comparable data on development. The World Development Indicators is a compilation of relevant, high-quality, and internationally comparable statistics about global development and the fight against poverty. The database ...

Last month, the government capped the interest rate on loans from microfinance institutions and money lenders to 2.8 percent per month and 33.6 percent per annum, following the passing of the Tier 4 Microfinance Institutions and Money Lenders Bill 2024. The law, according to the government, is to ensure that money lenders are guided in capping ...

In this video we are taking a look at the annually published World Bank World Development Indicators. Besides the website's chart generator tool, we are also developing an own graph by downloading raw data and editing the final results in Microsoft Excel in the simplest way possible.

The Government of Uganda, in collaboration with the World Bank and the leadership of Makindye Ssabagabo Municipality, has formalized agreements with three companies for construction and consultancy services in the development of 10.15 kilometers of selected roads. This project is strategically divided into two lots, Lot One and Lot Two, aimed ...

Despite the Uganda Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers Program (UgIFT) nearing its closure in 2025, the UGIFT World Bank-supported projects face delays in some areas, with seed schools and health centers at varying stages of completion. Some completed projects lack critical resources, such as library books, ICT equipment, and science materials ...

Health systems play a vital role in improving health outcomes, human well-being, and economic growth by boosting labor productivity and providing jobs. However, a recent World Bank report raises concerns about Uganda’s health economics. James Yiga, Director of Day Light Travel Consults Ltd, joins us to discuss the implications. #NTVNews # ...

This audio-only X Spaces recording captures the post-launch discussion of the 24th World Bank Uganda Economic Update, focusing on Investing in Early Childhood Development for Human Capital Transformation. Hosted by Robert Kabushenga, this session features expert insights on the economic impact of prioritizing early childhood investment in ...

The chief executive officer of the Bankers Institute of Uganda Gorreti Masadde, has advised financial institutions to treat consumer data with caution, given the pace at which the digital age is evolving. Speaking at the institute's first-ever data governance forum, she also urged bank executives to ensure that regulatory obligations and data ...

We're touring the world's currencies... discover the story behind Uganda’s highest-value banknote! 🇺🇬💰 The 50,000 Ugandan Shilling note, worth about $13, holds more than just monetary value—it showcases Uganda’s rich culture, history, and breathtaking wildlife. From Kampala’s Stride Monument to the silverback gorillas of Bwindi ...

DFCU Group’s profit after tax grew by over 157% to 72 billion shillings for the financial year 2024. This growth comes despite challenges posed by uncertainties in the global geopolitical, economic, and political landscape. According to Charles Mudiwa, Chief Executive Officer of DFCU, these achievements can be attributed to the company’s ...

The Bank of Uganda announced on January 6 that it will now hold its monetary policy meetings quarterly, reducing the frequency from every two months. For 2024, meetings are scheduled for February, May, August, and November. In a statement seen by NTV Business, the central bank explained that this change allows the monetary policy committee to ...

The former Bank of Uganda Governor, Louis Kasekende, has urged the central bank to incorporate data on the effects of climate change on prices and interest rates into its monetary policy decisions. Speaking at a climate change forum co-hosted by the Bank of Uganda and the International Monetary Fund, discussions focused on the evolving monetary ...