This paper argues that Economics can
learn from Cultural Anthropology and Qualitative Sociology
by drawing on a judicious mix of qualitative and
quantitative methods...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9918Date: January 28, 2022Author:
Rao,Vijayendra
While there have been welcome advances
in global evidence on and understanding of forced
displacement, research and analysis of the gendered
dimensions of displacement...
Type: ReportReport#: 168165Date: January 26, 2022Author:
Klugman,Jeni
This technical guidance note sets out
how to navigate some of the challenges that governments and
other organizations may face when designing and implementing
a monitoring...
The aim of building resiliency is to
prepare communities to resist, absorb, recover, and
transform from the consequences of current and foreseen
hazards and events....
Across Sub-Saharan African countries
with customary tenure systems and low levels of documented
land ownership, there are limited nationally representative
insights...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9900Date: January 13, 2022Author:
Hasanbasri,Ardina Roosiany ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Koolwal,Gayatri B. ;
Moylan,Heather G.
This paper examines the factors that are
associated with boys’ underachievement in
mathematics and science in Saudi Arabia, where students
attend gender-segregated...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9896Date: January 10, 2022Author:
Elsayed,Mahmoud Abduh Ali ;
Clerkin,Aidan ;
Pitsia,Vasiliki ;
Aljabri,Nayyaf ;
Al-Harbi,Khaleel
The World Bank Group completed the trade
and gender study in the Papua New Guinea to identify the
specific challenges that men and women face in cross-border
trade and...
This paper studies the effect of a
change in the amount of cash assistance provided to Afghan
refugees returning from Pakistan on household outcomes
post-return. Using...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9897Date: January 10, 2022Author:
Esper,Hisham ;
Krishnan,Nandini ;
Wieser,Christina
The World Bank Group completed the trade
and gender study in the Timor-Leste to identify the specific
challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and
determine...
Gender equality is central to the World
Bank Group’s (WBG) twin goals of ending extreme poverty and
increasing shared prosperity in a sustainable manner. Gender
inequality...
The World Bank Group completed the trade
and gender study in the Philippines to identify the specific
challenges that men and women face in cross-border trade and
determine...
Type: ReportReport#: 167754Date: January 10, 2022Author:
Warren,Heidi Stensland ;
Yang,Aileen Duong ;
Galang,Roberto Martin Nolan ;
Ochieng,Zachary Ochola ;
Raziyeva,Mariyam
This note explores findings on the
changing household dynamics in response to the mandated
Coronavirus (COVID-19) school closures in Punjab, Pakistan.
The SMS girl impact...
Forced displacement has moved to the top
of the global policy agenda. Refugees face a range of
challenges including limited access to education, health
services, legal...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168167Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Klugman,Jeni ;
Ortiz,Elena Judith ;
Rubin,Amalia Hadas
Teach is an open access classroom
observation tool that provides a window into one of the less
explored and most important aspects of student learning,
what goes on...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 167434Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Molina,Ezequiel ;
Pushparatnam,Adelle ;
Melo Hurtado,Carolina Eugenia ;
Wilichowski,Tracy Marie ;
Del Toro Mijares,Ana Teresa ;
Ding,Elaine Yi Zhong ;
Aloys,Jenny Beth ;
Carter,Emma Jane ;
Singal,Nidhi
Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women
Traders and Freight Forwarders in Samoa The World Bank Group
completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Samoa to
identify the...
At the end of 2020, there were over 48
million internally displaced persons (IDPs) displaced by
conflict and another seven million displaced by natural
disasters, more...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 168166Date: January 1, 2022Author:
Klugman,Jeni ;
Ortiz,Elena Judith
Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women
Traders and Freight Forwarders in Vanuatu The World Bank
Group completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Vanuatu to
identify...
The January research newsletter features
the topic "Taxation and Technology: Case Studies in
E-Government." This newsletter's featured research
utilizes experiments...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 167961Date: January 1, 2022
Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women
Traders and Freight Forwarders in Fiji The World Bank Group
completed the Trade and Gender Study in the Fiji to identify
the...
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.