Gender-based occupational segregation -
the fact that men and women are typically concentrated in
different occupations and economic sectors - contributes to
gender...
Type: BriefReport#: 169439Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Gassier,Marine ;
Pierotti,Rachael Susan ;
Rouanet,Lea Marie ;
Traore,Lacina
The first six to eight years of a
child's life, known as early childhood, have been
globally acknowledged to be the most critical years for
life-long development of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 169044Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Sinha,Shabnam ;
Dey,Sangeeta ;
Sahu,Tapaswini ;
Paul,Sandipan ;
Talukdar,Tanusree
The 2015 Systematic Country Diagnostic
(SCD) concluded that El Salvador was
‘trapped’ in vicious cycles of low
poverty reduction and growth and argued...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 170139Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Barroso,Rafael Chelles ;
Robayo,Monica
This report makes the case for greater
gender diversity on Sri Lanka’s corporate boards
and in senior management by highlighting the value
propositions of such...
Type: ReportReport#: 150794Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Rahman,Lopa ;
Di Miceli Da Silveira,Alexandre ;
Hinch,Liana Lim ;
Wijaya,Angelo Abil
A small open economy, Benin has seen
growth that is above average for the region. The volatility
of high growth spells combined with low productivity growth
has translated...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164448Date: February 25, 2022Author:
Picarelli,Nathalie ;
Yan,Xun ;
Henry,Alexandre Ben-Aziz Kutu ;
Rougeaux,Solene Marie Paule ;
Mongan Agbeshie,Saint-Martin Kodjovi ;
Accrombessy,Felicien Donat Edgar Towenan ;
Dudu,Hasan ;
Engel,Jakob ;
Avdiu,Besart ;
Lebrand,Mathilde Sylvie Maria ;
Benitez,Daniel Alberto ;
Abate,Megersa Abera ;
Petreski,Marjan ;
Bartl,Esther Maria ;
Samson,Houdou Romaric ;
Beyene,Lulit Mitik ;
Sicra,Alejandro ;
Liu,Zhen-000495915 ;
Kouwoaye,Amevi Rocard ;
Levai,Adam ;
Homegnon,Noukpo
Despite a policy consensus that closing
gender employment gaps will boost economic growth,
relatively little is known about the size of these gains in
many developing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9942Date: February 22, 2022Author:
Pennings,Steven Michael
Purchasing power parity exchange rates
(PPPs) are used to estimate the international poverty line
(IPL) in a common currency and account for relative price
differences...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9941Date: February 21, 2022Author:
Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell ;
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Lakner,Christoph ;
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Tetteh Baah,Samuel Kofi
The international community is coming
together in solidarity with the poorest countries to help
them respond to the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 168910Date: February 17, 2022
These keynote remarks were delivered by
World Bank Group President David Malpass to the European
Union-African Union Summit on Peace, Security and Governance
on February...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 168866Date: February 17, 2022Author:
Malpass,David
The first Sustainable Development Goal
to end poverty in all its forms by 2030 pledges to leave no
one behind. This commitment includes the over 80 million
people—one...
Type: BriefReport#: 168730Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Hanmer,Lucia C. ;
Klugman,Jeni ;
Ortiz,Elena Judith
This paper applies a top-down,
macro-micro modeling framework that links a computable
general equilibrium model with the survey-based global
income distribution dynamics...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9939Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Estrades Pineyrua,Carmen ;
Maliszewska,Maryla ;
Osorio-Rodarte,Israel ;
Seara E Pereira,Maria Filipa
The COVID-19 crisis requires policy
reforms on many fronts, from debt sustainability to
climate-smart recovery. This Research & Policy brief
draws on theory and empirical...
Type: BriefReport#: 168657Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Smets,Lodewijk ;
Record,Richard James Lowden
World Development Report 2022 (WDR 2022)
examines the central role of finance in the economic
recovery from COVID-19. Based on an in-depth look at the
consequences of...
Type: World Development ReportReport#: 168732Date: February 15, 2022Author:
World Bank
This brief has been produced under the
World Bank’s Indonesia Coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) observatory, a partnership among multiple global
practices at...
IEG’s meta-evaluation serves as an input
for the upcoming independent external review of its
evaluations. The report focuses on aspects of credibility
related to the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 168825Date: February 14, 2022
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