A growing understanding of the
importance of children’s earliest years has led
to an increasing desire to measure early childhood
development (ECD) outcomes....
Type: BriefReport#: 168832Date: February 18, 2022Author:
Pushparatnam,Adelle ;
Seiden,Jonathan Michael ;
Luna Bazaldua,Diego Armando
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 report takes stock of educational
underachievement among boys and men, examines the evidence
on contributing factors, and explores what has been done to
address...
Type: ReportReport#: 168668Date: February 11, 2022Author:
Welmond,Michel J. ;
Gregory,Laura
Evaluating the relevance of development
interventions is a complex task because many different
dimensions must be considered. This study focuses on one
particular, quantifiable...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9935Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Naeher,Dominik ;
Narayanan,Raghavan ;
Ziulu,Virginia
This report accompanies the Indonesia’s
Online Vacancy Outlook 2020: From online job postings to
Labor Market Intelligence technical report that examines the
readiness...
This report is organized as follows.
Section two provides a brief overview of the key features of
labor market intelligence, largely based on international
practice....
Type: ReportReport#: 166021Date: February 9, 2022Author:
Granata,Maria Julia ;
Johansson De Silva,Sara ;
Posadas,Josefina ;
Testaverde,Mauro
This paper describes a randomized
experiment that used a sample of men and women who were
eligible for a vocational training program in the Republic
of Congo to test...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9934Date: February 9, 2022Author:
Gassier,Marine ;
Rouanet,Lea Marie ;
Traore,Lacina
South Africa has come a long way since
the advent of democracy, but its transition remains
incomplete. Poverty has declined significantly since 1994,
but inequality...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 168559Date: February 8, 2022
Pandemic shocks disrupt human capital
accumulation through schooling and work experience. This
study quantifies the long-term economic impact of these
disruptions in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9932Date: February 8, 2022Author:
Samaniego,Roberto ;
Jedwab,Remi Camille ;
Romer,Paul M ;
Islam,Asif Mohammed
This paper examines the well-being
effects of a regularization program offered to half a
million Venezuelan forced migrants in Colombia. It collects
data on more than...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9928Date: February 7, 2022Author:
Ibáñez,Ana María ;
Moya,Andres ;
Ortega,María Adelaida ;
Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana ;
Urbina Florez,Maria Jose
This paper nowcasts poverty in India,
one of the countries with the largest population below the
international poverty line of $1.90 per person per day.
Because the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9931Date: February 7, 2022Author:
Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu ;
Freije-Rodriguez,Samuel ;
Lakner,Christoph ;
Moreno Herrera,Laura Liliana ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Sinha Roy,Sutirtha ;
Yonzan,Nishant
Children in developing countries have
deep deficits in math and language. Personalized coaching
for teachers has been proposed as a way of raising teacher
quality and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9926Date: February 7, 2022Author:
Amaro Da Costa Luz Carneiro,Pedro Manuel ;
Cruz-Aguayo,Yyannu ;
Intriago,Ruthy ;
Ponce,Juan ;
Schady,Norbert Rudiger ;
Schodt,Sarah
Teach ECE is a free classroom
observation tool that provides a window into one of the less
explored and more important aspects of a child’s education:
what goes on in...
After increasing for years and reaching
high levels, Brazil’s subjective well-being deteriorated
following the economic contraction in 2015. Using data from
the Gallup...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9924Date: February 2, 2022Author:
Burger,Martijn ;
Hendriks,Martijn ;
Ianchovichina,Elena
This report reflects on the Indonesia’s
online teacher training ecosystem based on unique data
collected from both teachers and providers during the
COVID-19 period....
This brief highlights the key aspects of
the World Bank’s ECA learning recovery plan that should be
prioritized given the current situation in the region. The
plan consists...
Type: BriefReport#: 168513Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Patrinos,Harry Anthony ;
Sava,Alina ;
Shmis,Tigran ;
Frias,Micheline
The REACH Trust Fund supported a study
to evaluate how the use of incentives impacted the
production, procurement, and utilization of supplementary
reading materials...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168720Date: February 1, 2022
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