This report is the fifth Development
Policy Financing (DPF) Retrospective. DPF, one of the Bank’s
three complementary financing instruments, is non-earmarked
budget...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 169932Date: March 16, 2022
This paper examines the impact of return
migration from Saudi Arabia and the Gulf on the transfer of
gender norms to the Indian state of Kerala. Migration to
countries...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9966Date: March 14, 2022Author:
Joseph,George ;
Wang,Qiao ;
Chellaraj,Gnanaraj ;
Tas,Emcet Oktay ;
Andres,Luis Alberto ;
Javaid,Syed Usman ;
Rajan,Irudaya
Public transport is often the only way
for girls and women to get to work, school, and healthcare
services in developing countries. However, safety can be a
major concern....
This brief examines two successful
gender equality reforms in the Democratic Republic of Congo
: the introduction of the Law on Parity in 2015 and an
amendment to the...
Type: BriefReport#: 169422Date: March 14, 2022Author:
Braunmiller,Julia Constanze ;
Dry,Marie Jeanne Charlotte
This paper investigates the labor market
outcomes for refugee and urban national communities in Kenya
during the COVID-19 pandemic, using five waves of a novel
high-frequency...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9960Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Vintar,Mirko ;
Beltramo,Theresa Parrish ;
Delius,Antonia Johanna Sophie ;
Egger,Dennis Timo ;
Pape,Utz Johann
Evidence from high-income countries
suggests that judges often exhibit in-group bias, favoring
litigants that share an identity with the judge. However,
there is little...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9956Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Chen,Daniel Li ;
Graham,Jimmy ;
Ramos Maqueda,Manuel ;
Singh,Shashank - DIME3
Understanding how different households
cope with COVID-19 among a vulnerable population is
important for the policy design aiming at relieving hunger
and poverty in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9959Date: March 7, 2022Author:
Xu,Yuanwei ;
Delius,Antonia Johanna Sophie ;
Pape,Utz Johann
This Regional Action Plan on
Gender-based Violence (GBV) in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) region reflects the region’s commitment to
step up its efforts to...
This Regional Action Plan on
Gender-based Violence (GBV) in the Middle East and North
Africa (MENA) region reflects the region’s commitment to
step up its efforts to...
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)...
The Caribbean is one of the world's
most vulnerable and disaster-prone regions. It is confronted
with an increasing number of devastating storms and extreme
weather...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 169083Date: March 3, 2022
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
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
This paper proposes the creation and
administration by the International Development Association
(IDA) of the Yemen Resilience, Recovery, and Reconstruction
MDTF (the...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 169429Date: March 1, 2022
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
This report reviews high quality impact
evaluations of results-based financing interventions (RBF)
in education to investigate whether particular subgroups of
students...
Type: ReportReport#: 168945Date: February 25, 2022Author:
Schipper,Youdi ;
Pradhan,Menno Prasad
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
This paper presents descriptive
statistics from the first wave of the Syrian Refugee Life
Study (S-RLS), which was launched in 2020. S-RLS is a
longitudinal study that...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9940Date: February 16, 2022Author:
Miguel,Edward A. ;
Palmer,Bailey ;
Rozo Villarraga,Sandra Viviana ;
Stillman,Sarah Virginia ;
Smith,Emma ;
Tamim,Abdulrazzak
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