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
In Latin America and Caribbean (LAC),
gender gaps persist across multiple dimensions of job
quality and in earnings. Women tend to be concentrated in
less productive...
Type: BriefReport#: 168056Date: February 10, 2022Author:
Maquera Sardon,Daniela Andrea
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
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
Countries with high debt exposure are
vulnerable to economic and financial shocks that could lead
to sovereign defaults. This paper develops a methodology to
identify...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9929Date: February 7, 2022Author:
Doemeland,Doerte ;
Estevão,Marcello ;
Jooste,Charl ;
Sampi Bravo,James Robert Ezequiel ;
Tsiropoulos,Vasileios
As of January 2022, a total of 3,856
social protection and labor measures were planned or
implemented by 223 economies. This constitutes a net
increase of 523 measures,...
Digital Senegal for Inclusive Growth
explores possible solutions for a more intensive use of
digital technologies, especially by small and medium
enterprises, to increase...
Type: PublicationReport#: 168458Date: February 4, 2022Author:
Vargas Da Cruz,Marcio Jose ;
Dutz,Mark Andrew ;
Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
The report focuses on sectoral choice as
one of the contributors to the gender gap in firm
performance. It explores the difference in profits among
female entrepreneurs...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168394Date: February 3, 2022Author:
Kalra,Naira ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Cucagna,Maria Emilia ;
Delavelle,Fannie ;
Iacovone,Leonardo ;
Johnson,Hillary C. ;
Gonzalez Martinez,Paula Lorena ;
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Perova,Elizaveta ;
Pierotti,Rachael Susan ;
Roberts,Gareth Arthur ;
Trujillo,Jose Daniel
Tanzania was again one of the top growth
performers in the region. Official GDP figures show that
growth remained steady in the first half of the year, driven
by higher...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 144126Date: February 3, 2022Author:
Mungunasi,Emmanuel A.
This brief focuses on indicators used by
World Bank projects to measure progress in closing gender
gaps in human endowments, economic opportunity, and voice
and agency,...
As of January 2022, a total of 3,856
social protection and labor measures were planned or
implemented by 223 economies. This constitutes a net
increase of 523 measures,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168386Date: February 2, 2022
Interest Bearing Notes is a product of
the Finance and Private Sector Research Team in the World
Bank's Development Research Group. It reports on
research by the team,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 169034Date: February 1, 2022
This brief offers a snapshot of the
state of social assistance payments as of early 2020,
especially as it relates to the transition to digital,
account-based transfers...
The February research newsletter
features the topic "Long-Term Growth: Prospects,
Policies, and the Future of Prosperity." The
newsletter's featured research highlights...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 168632Date: February 1, 2022
The objective of this report is to
provide a comprehensive data and evidence-based analysis of
gender-based sex selection (GBSS) in Vietnam in terms of
demographic projections...
Type: ReportReport#: 165429Date: February 1, 2022Author:
Buchhave,Helle ;
Karacsony,Sandor I.
Turkey’s economic performance has been a
tale of two economies, overall high growth, matched by a
deterioration in macro-financial conditions. Good progress
in vaccination...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic has accelerated digitalization in ways that were
unimaginable just two years ago, highlighting the
fundamental role...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 168131Date: January 27, 2022
Building upon the literature on contact
theory, this paper explores the role of inter-group
interaction in shaping social cohesion between refugees and
host communities...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9917Date: January 27, 2022Author:
Betts,Alexander Milton Stedman ;
Stierna,Maria Flinder ;
Omata,Naohiko ;
Sterck,Olivier Christian Brigitte
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