Children need a safe, nurturing,
healthy, and stimulating environment to thrive and reach
their full potential. But millions of children living in
poverty don’t receive...
Innovation is crucial to improving
productivity and fostering sustainable growth, especially
among countries that are moving toward or are at the cutting
edge of technological...
Type: BriefReport#: 165752Date: November 1, 2021Author:
Cao,Yu
This report contains the World Bank
Group Boards’ calendar for the period from October to
December 2021, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as
meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 165777Date: October 29, 2021
Little is known about how gender
inequality influences poverty rates of forcibly displaced
people. This paper uses a nationally representative survey
to analyze poverty...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9818Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Hanmer,Lucia C. ;
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina ;
Santamaria,Julieth
Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has
been embroiled in decades-long conflict that has resulted in
the forced displacement of millions of people and extremely
high...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9819Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Kelly,Jocelyn TD ;
Holmes,Morgan Oleary ;
Gibbons,Niamh ;
Matabaro,Amani ;
Voors,Maarten Jan
Conflict-induced displacement is
associated with loss of human and physical capital and
psychological trauma. Households and social structures that
produce and reproduce...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9822Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Rubiano Matulevich,Eliana Carolina
In 2020, the United Nations reported the
highest number of displaced persons ever recorded; more than
half of this population was comprised of women and girls.
Displacement...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9825Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Kelly,Jocelyn TD ;
Rubin,Amalia Hadas ;
Ekhator-Mobayode,Uche Eseosa ;
Arango,Diana Jimena
Forced displacement has disrupted Syrian
refugees’ lives and exposed them to new communities and
norms. This paper assesses how gender norms shape the lives
of Syrian...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9820Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Krafft,Caroline Gould ;
Ragui,Assaad ;
Pastoor,Isabel
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
Rates of intimate partner violence vary
widely across regions. Evidence suggests that some of this
variation can be attributed to exposure to armed conflict.
This study...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS9821Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Ekhator-Mobayode,Uche Eseosa ;
Kelly,Jocelyn Thalassa Deverall ;
Rubin,Amalia Hadas ;
Arango,Diana Jimena
Conventional risk assessments
underestimate the human and macroeconomic costs of
disasters, leading to inefficient risk management
strategies. This happens because conventional...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 166657Date: October 28, 2021Author:
Hallegatte,Stephane ;
Walsh,Brian James
West Africans have a long history of
coping with challenging climatic conditions. Mobility has
always been a key strategy for people in the region to
manage risks and...
Type: ReportReport#: 165167Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin,Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Adamo,Susana ;
Maleki,David ;
Abu-Ata,Nathalie E. ;
Casals Fernandez,Anna Taeko ;
Arora,Anmol ;
Chai-Onn,Tricia ;
Mills,Briar
This report presents the results of the
benchmarking analysis carried out in 2021, which is a
combined analysis of the results from the 2018-2019
benchmarking exercise...
This report, as part of the Groundswell
Africa series, reaffirms the potency for climate change to
drive internal migration in the Lake Victoria Basin. The
results described...
Type: ReportReport#: 165168Date: October 26, 2021Author:
World Bank
This report, as part of the Groundswell
Africa series, reaffirms the potency for climate change to
drive internal migration in the Lake Victoria Basin. The
results described...
Type: ReportReport#: 165168Date: October 26, 2021Author:
Rigaud,Kanta K. ;
Sherbinin,Alex de ;
Jones,Bryan R ;
Adamo,Susana ;
Maleki,David ;
Arora,Anmol ;
Casals Fernandez,Anna Taeko ;
Chai-Onn,Tricia ;
Mills,Briar
West Africans have a long history of
coping with challenging climatic conditions. Mobility has
always been a key strategy for people in the region to
manage risks and...
Type: ReportReport#: 165167Date: October 26, 2021Author:
World Bank
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