In Pakistan, learning poverty among
primary school aged children is estimated to be as high as
77 percent, but little data exist on early learning
experiences. This...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10764Date: May 7, 2024Author:
Seiden,Jonathan Michael ;
Hasan,Amer ;
Luna Bazaldua,Diego Armando
This paper investigates the effects of
severe drought shocks on Tunisia’s agriculture
sector during 2000–19. Using labor force surveys
aligned with granular...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10766Date: May 7, 2024Author:
Alfani,Federica ;
Pallante,Giacomo ;
Palma,Alessandro ;
Talhaoui,Abdelkader
Technological progress has the potential
to cause significant disruption in labor markets. This
report examines the impact of computers, robots, AI, and
improved ICT...
Type: ReportReport#: 189900Date: May 6, 2024Author:
Moroz,Harry Edmund ;
Viollaz,Mariana
Quality early childhood education
improves childhood development outcomes and has long-term
implications for school readiness, workforce participation,
and economic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10763Date: May 6, 2024Author:
Alam,Abdullah ;
Hasan,Amer ;
Hentschel,Elizabeth Lauren
Faced with the urgency of climate change
mitigation, many governments around the world are
considering and deploying different approaches to pricing
greenhouse gas emissions....
By 2023, more than 108 million people
were forcibly displaced worldwide, with children under 18
constituting 45 percent. This study examines the human
development gaps...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10765Date: May 6, 2024Author:
Hiller,Tatiana ;
Moya,Andrés ;
Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana
Technological progress has the potential
to cause significant disruption in labor markets. This
report examines the impact of computers, robots, AI, and
improved ICT...
Type: ReportReport#: 189900Date: May 6, 2024Author:
Moroz,Harry Edmund ;
Viollaz,Mariana
This study is a first-ever attempt to
gain a 360° panoramic view of spending in theentire
global water sector to better understand the financing and
funding gaps...
Type: ReportReport#: 189915Date: May 6, 2024Author:
George Joseph ;
Hoo,Yi Rong ;
Wang,Qiao ;
Bahuguna,Aroha ;
Abad,Luis Andres Razon
This paper documents that senior plant
managers in less-developed countries spend more time dealing
with government rules and regulations than their
counterparts in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10761Date: May 3, 2024Author:
Tamkoc,Mehmet Nazim ;
Ventura,Gustavo
Türkiye’s early
human capital foundations have paved the way for poverty
reduction and labor force participation, today facing new
multi-dimensional challenges....
Type: ReportReport#: 189868Date: May 3, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper studies how air quality
around combustion power plants changes in response to
hydrological droughts that affect hydropower generation.
Using fixed-effect...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10760Date: May 3, 2024Author:
Eriksson,Mathilda ;
del Valle,Alejandro ;
De La Fuente,Alejandro
Persons with disabilities are
particularly vulnerable, as they suffer disproportionately
from social and economic stigmatization and various forms of
exclusion. Intensifying...
Type: ReportReport#: 189798Date: May 2, 2024Author:
Choi,Narae ;
Ba,Sokhna ;
Coulibaly,Mamani Massiri ;
Newman,Charles Kevin ;
Hasoloan,Jonathan Todo ;
Semichon, Marine ;
Ayih-Akakpo, Ayih M. Arnold ;
Boltz, Caroline ;
Diagne,Mamadou ;
Seck, Mokhtar ;
Varnai, Bea
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