Policymakers in developing countries
face multiple challenges related to climate change. To
provide policymakers with reliable recommendations on a
variety of climate...
While there have been welcome advances
in global evidence on and understanding of forced
displacement, research and analysis of the gendered
dimensions of displacement...
Type: ReportReport#: 168165Date: January 26, 2022Author:
Klugman,Jeni
In 2015, Germany welcomed close to one
million asylum seekers and refugees from Syria, Afghanistan,
the Western Balkans and elsewhere. Although the country was
often...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9913Date: January 26, 2022Author:
Albarosa,Emanuele ;
Elsner,Benjamin
This study develops a computable general
equilibrium model for Nigeria, which accounts for
informality, tax evasion, and fuel smuggling. By studying
the impact of fuel...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9907Date: January 20, 2022Author:
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Hosoe,Nobuhiro
The world has witnessed unparalleled
economic progress in the last three decades. But success is
not preordained, and several headwinds threaten this hard
fought progress....
Type: ReportReport#: 161412Date: January 17, 2022Author:
Balseca,Victor Esteban ;
Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio ;
Damania,Richard ;
Feng,Shenghui ;
Moon,Jisung ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Russ,Jason Daniel ;
Triyana,Margaret Maggie
The world has witnessed unparalleled
economic progress in the last three decades. But success is
not preordained, and several headwinds threaten this hard
fought progress....
Type: ReportReport#: 161412Date: January 17, 2022Author:
Balseca,Victor Esteban ;
Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio ;
Damania,Richard ;
Feng,Shenghui ;
Moon,Jisung ;
Maruyama Rentschler,Jun Erik ;
Russ,Jason Daniel ;
Triyana,Margaret Maggie
This paper examines the short-term
implications of the COVID-19 pandemic for inequality in
developing countries. The analysis takes advantage of
high-frequency phone...
Across Sub-Saharan African countries
with customary tenure systems and low levels of documented
land ownership, there are limited nationally representative
insights...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9900Date: January 13, 2022Author:
Hasanbasri,Ardina Roosiany ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Koolwal,Gayatri B. ;
Moylan,Heather G.
This paper examines the factors that are
associated with boys’ underachievement in
mathematics and science in Saudi Arabia, where students
attend gender-segregated...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9896Date: January 10, 2022Author:
Elsayed,Mahmoud Abduh Ali ;
Clerkin,Aidan ;
Pitsia,Vasiliki ;
Aljabri,Nayyaf ;
Al-Harbi,Khaleel
This study employs a synthetic panel
approach based on nationally representative micro-level data
to track poverty and income mobility in Malaysia in
2004–16....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9898Date: January 10, 2022Author:
Rongen,Gerton ;
Binti Ali Ahmad,Zainab ;
Lanjouw,Peter F. ;
Simler,Kenneth
This paper studies the effect of a
change in the amount of cash assistance provided to Afghan
refugees returning from Pakistan on household outcomes
post-return. Using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9897Date: January 10, 2022Author:
Esper,Hisham ;
Krishnan,Nandini ;
Wieser,Christina
In 2019, with support from the
International Development Association (IDA), the Federal
Government of Somalia established its first national safety
net program, the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 167925Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Al-Ahmadi,Afrah Alawi ;
Zampaglione,Giuseppe
The Country Opinion Survey in Burundi
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Burundi perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168449Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Felzer,Sharon
The Country Opinion Survey in OECS
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in OECS perceive the WBG.
It provides the...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168453Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Felzer,Sharon
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