This paper examines the relationship
between access to markets and land cultivation following
Berg et al. (2018) using panel methods. Then, author
contextualize these...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 165934Date: November 9, 2021Author:
Blankespoor,Brian
Although El Salvador’s modest pace of
growth has reduced poverty and inequality in recent years,
it has not been sufficient to move the country toward the
income levels...
Type: ReportReport#: 161734Date: November 8, 2021Author:
Ulku,Hulya ;
Zaourak,Gabriel Roberto
This Note discusses how natural resource
taxation can help reduce deforestation and provide
incentives for forest conservation and sustainable forest
management. The...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 164947Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Hayde,Erin Kate
In most of Sub-Saharan Africa,
agricultural extension models have become more decentralized
and participatory and thus, rely on effective
farmer-to-farmer learning,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9840Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Hörner,Denise ;
Bouguen,Adrien ;
Frölich,Markus ;
Wollni,Meike
An accurate understanding of how input
use affects agricultural productivity in smallholder farming
systems is key to designing policies that can improve
productivity,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9841Date: November 5, 2021Author:
Yacoubou Djima,Ismael ;
Kilic,Talip
This paper revisits impact evaluation
studies on the largest public workfare in the world, NREGA.
In an environment where randomization is not feasible, I
show why an...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9835Date: November 3, 2021Author:
Bahal,Girish
Between 2017 and 2019, the International
Labor Organization (ILO) and World Bank completed a
multistage pilot study, in collaboration with the Department
of Census and...
Thailand’s progress in poverty reduction
has slowed from 2015 onwards, mirroring a slowing economy
and stagnating farm, business, and wage incomes. In 2019,
the country...
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has
launched the high-frequency phone survey on Coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19)...
Launched in 2018, PROBLUE is an Umbrella
2.0 program administrated by the World Bank that supports
the development of integrated, sustainable and healthy
marine and...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 165814Date: November 1, 2021
Achieving the UN Sustainable Development
Goals is impossible without addressing fragility, conflict,
and violence (FCV), especially as two thirds of the extreme
poor...
Type: ReportReport#: 165881Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Townsend,Robert ;
Verner,Dorte ;
Adubi,Abimbola ;
Saint-Geours,Jean Edouard Albert ;
Leao,Izabela ;
Juergenliemk,Armine ;
Robertson,Timothy D ;
Williams,Melissa ;
Martinant De Preneuf,Flore ;
Jonasova,Marketa ;
Carmichael,Zacharey Austin
This paper evaluates different methods
for nowcasting country-level poverty rates, including
methods that apply statistical learning to large-scale
country-level data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9860Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Mahler,Daniel Gerszon ;
Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres ;
Newhouse,David Locke
Public expenditures matter a lot for
agricultural growth, food and nutrition security,
sustainable food systems, and other interlinked
developmental outcomes. The level...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 165766Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Zorya,Sergiy ;
Gautam,Madhur ;
Toli,Teklu Tesfaye ;
Babaev,Sandjar ;
Nazarov,Parkhod
While the economy was projected to start
recovering in 2021, subsequent waves of Coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID 19) infections, emergence of new variants, and
slow...
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President David Malpass to the G20 Leaders’
Summit, Session III : Sustainable Development on October 31,
2021. He spoke...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 165804Date: October 31, 2021Author:
Malpass,David
During protracted displacement, women
and girls often face serious gender-specific challenges and
vulnerabilities, including adverse norms and institutional
barriers....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9824Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Stojetz,Wolfgang ;
Brück,Tilman
Proxy-Means Testing (PMT) and
Community-Based Targeting (CBT) are among the most widely
used methods for poverty targeting in low-income settings.
This paper analyzes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9816Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Schnitzer,Pascale ;
Stoeffler,Quentin
The authors show that for China the
movement of more people into better jobs with higher incomes
formed a very important explanation for the country’s
long-term success...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 165538Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Merotto,Dino Leonardo ;
Jiang,Hanchen
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