Nigeria is implementing the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank-assisted project implemented by the Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry...
Type: ReportReport#: 210012Date: May 31, 2026Author:
World Bank
This paper studies the impact of rising heat on labor markets across Europe by combining geocoded district-level, establishment-level, and wet-bulb temperature data. At the district level, it constructs...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11375Date: May 7, 2026Author:
Bettarelli, Luca ;
Farole, Thomas ;
Ganslmeir, Michael ;
Santos, Indhira Vanessa ;
Schiffbauer, Marc Tobias
This brief explores the role of women entrepreneurs in job creation, focusing on how women‑owned firms contribute to women’s employment. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) covering...
Drawing on qualitative data from 11 key informants and 75 small-scale firm owners in South Africa’s townships, this paper identifies five factors shaping micro-entrepreneurial success. First, micro-entrepreneurship...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 210207Date: May 7, 2026Author:
World Bank ;
Mudiriza, Gibson ;
Martino, Samantha De ;
Cunningham, Wendy
Non-price barriers suppress demand at the adoption margin, complicating efforts to quantify the welfare effects of rural electrification. This paper studies demand for pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar electricity...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11374Date: May 7, 2026Author:
Lang, Megan Elizabeth
The objective of this diagnostic is to assess the quality and effectiveness of The Gambia’s business regulatory and policy environment in promoting sustainable development and private investment, both...
Type: ReportReport#: 210118Date: May 6, 2026Author:
World Bank
The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and updates...
Type: ReportReport#: 210103Date: May 6, 2026Author:
World Bank
The incidence of fiscal policies in MENA indicates that the poorest households benefit
more from direct transfers and in-kind services, even as they disproportionately pay more in indirect taxes. In contrast,...
Type: ReportReport#: 210155Date: May 6, 2026Author:
World Bank ;
Fuchs Tarlovsky, Alan ;
Amjad, Beenish
Emission trading schemes are among the primary pricing instruments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Currently, more than 35 emission trading schemes are in operation around the world at multinational,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11371Date: May 5, 2026Author:
Song, Ze ;
Hochman, Gal ;
Timilsina, Govinda R.
This paper addresses two gaps in the female labor force participation literature: the integrated analysis of individual, household, community, and national determinants, and the use of machine learning...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11372Date: May 5, 2026Author:
Pecorari, Natalia ;
Cuesta Leiva, Jose Antonio
This study analyzes the design and implementation of the Programa de Fortalecimento de Práticas Pedagógicas (PFPP), a teacher professional development initiative implemented by the State Secretariat of...
Type: ReportReport#: 210099Date: May 5, 2026Author:
Costa, L. O. ;
Meyer, I. M. ;
Brescianini, J. N. S. ;
Eyng, V. A. B. ;
Rojas, A. M. ;
Castaneda, J. L.
This paper estimates the share of green employment in seven South Asian countries using an O*NET-based definition and finds that, on average, 24 percent of jobs in the region are currently green. The paper...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11373Date: May 5, 2026Author:
Ham, Andrés ;
Vazquez, Emmanuel Jose ;
Yanez Pagans, Monica ;
Knudsen, Camilla ;
Asad, Saher
More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities, and urbanization is projected to continue at high rates in emerging economies, especially across Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast...
Type: ReportReport#: 210124Date: May 5, 2026Author:
World Bank
Uganda hosts 1.96 million refugees and asylum seekers under one of Africa’s pioneering refugee policy frameworks, granting freedom of movement, the right to work, and access to social services. Yet, despite...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11368Date: May 4, 2026Author:
Awor, Susan ;
Rozo, Sandra
Kazakhstan’s economic growth is expected to moderate but remain resilient over the medium term, following a period of strong demand-led expansion. Real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.5 percent...
Type: ReportReport#: 210055Date: May 4, 2026Author:
Agaidarov, Azamat ;
Macdonald, Kevin Alan David ;
Zakiyeva, Almira ;
Fasih, Tazeen
The world faces a state of polycrisis, where overlapping and mutually reinforcing shocks – from conflict and climate change to economic instability – are disrupting livelihoods, fueling violence and driving...
Type: ReportReport#: 210093Date: May 4, 2026Author:
World Bank
As the impacts of climate change grow ever more pronounced, countries are under increasing pressure to pursue low carbon growth paths. The Gambia’s second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), submitted...
Type: ReportReport#: 210079Date: May 4, 2026Author:
World Bank
Green water, defined as soil moisture in the root zone and land based evapotranspiration, represents one of the most abundant freshwater sources on Earth, yet remains largely overlooked in transboundary...
Type: ReportReport#: 210085Date: May 4, 2026Author:
Borgomeo, Edoardo ;
Loske-Garcia, Lara ;
Leb, Christina
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