This Policy Note on Scaling up
Participatory Budgeting (PB) has been prepared to accompany
the Scaling Up Citizen Engagement (CE) portfolio review and
stocktaking report...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 183663Date: June 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
Vietnam is building its own University
of the Future, with unique missions, purposes and features,
and functions, which will be one of the driving forces of
the national...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 183454Date: June 28, 2023Author:
Tran,Nguyet Thi Anh ;
Dao,Trang Hong ;
Hang,Banh Thi ;
Vo,Dung Kieu
This policy note evaluates the impact
that the depth of key trade agreements signed by the
Dominican Republic (DR) had on the country’s
trading firms. To do so,...
This policy note examines the trade
performance and potential of the Dominican Republic (DR) as
an engine for economic growth. The analysis reveals that
while the DR...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 183481Date: June 28, 2023Author:
Espitia Rueda,Alvaro Raul ;
Nyawo,Mike ;
Patino Pena,Fausto Andres ;
Rocha Gaffurri,Nadia Patrizia
This technical note introduces sets of
general admission criteria used internationally, with a
focus on examples from the United States, European Union and
Australia....
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 183372Date: June 27, 2023Author:
World Bank
Malnutrition is one of
Pakistan’s biggest development challenges, with
long-term implications for human capital development and
economic growth. The proportions...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 182967Date: June 20, 2023Author:
World Bank
This note presents a multisectoral
examination of the national and provincial landscapes for
ECD in Pakistan. It explains the critical importance of
improving investments...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 182965Date: June 20, 2023Author:
World Bank
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) hamper
the development of human capital for current and future
generations. NCDs are chronic conditions that are often
untreatable and...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 183386Date: June 20, 2023Author:
World Bank
The policy note builds on the
relationship between human capital and labor market outcomes
for the poor and reviews some of the few programs currently
active for ad...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 182969Date: June 20, 2023Author:
World Bank
This note develops back-of-the-envelope
estimates of what it would cost to provide all children with
a life raft: schooling at a minimum quality level to achieve
literacy...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 182968Date: June 20, 2023Author:
World Bank
Pakistan faces a human capital crisis.
Its population, three-quarters of which is under the age of
35, has very recent memories of failures in the schooling
system and...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 182966Date: June 20, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Republic of Guinea-Bissau is a
small, West African country with a fragile governance system
that boasts the highest proportion of natural wealth per
capita in West...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: AUS0003328Date: June 15, 2023Author:
World Bank
The objective of this policy note is to
provide an overview of the three draft project proposals and
to recommend key design principles and implementation
arrangement...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 182390Date: May 30, 2023Author:
World Bank
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...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 185590Date: April 1, 2023Author:
Arias Diaz,Omar S. ;
Kheyfets,Igor ;
Jaime Saavedra Chanduvi ;
Dundar,Halil
This policy note summarizes the key
findings of the report−Industrialization in
Sub-Saharan Africa: Seizing Opportunities in Global Value
Chains (GVC) and implications...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 181073Date: March 1, 2023Author:
Kassa,Woubet ;
Owusu,Solomon
Governments establish investment
promotion agencies (IPAs) as part of the larger framework
fostering private sector development and contributing to
achieving national...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 180174Date: February 9, 2023Author:
World Bank
Serbia has achieved macroeconomic
stability and dealt effectively with the COVID-19 pandemic
but the country is facing complex short- and medium-term
economic challenges....
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 181915Date: February 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The government of the Republic of Zambia
(GRZ) has outlined four urban sector priorities in its
Eighth National Development Plan (NDP). These are: (i) land
policy and...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 178268Date: December 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
Recent trends threaten to reverse years
of poverty reduction. Social protection and labor policies
were central to Brazil’s social progress, but
their sustainability...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 179958Date: December 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
Brazil is highly exposed to climate risk
and need to take action to avoid irreversible damage to its
economy. Brazil is in an exceptional position to achieve
emissions...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 179954Date: December 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
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