Opportunities to accumulate human capital and access basic services remain low and highly unequal for children in Uganda due to substantial disparities across locations and welfare group. The Human Opportunity...
Type: BriefReport#: 181918Date: December 31, 2022Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Myers,Cara Ann ;
Sinha,Nistha
Jobs entry conditions are tough for disadvantaged youth in a tight labor market. South African employers prefer to hire employees who have at least completed a secondary school education and one year of...
Type: BriefReport#: 179190Date: December 22, 2022Author:
World Bank
Public debt in developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) economies has increased markedly since the recession in 2020 induced by COVID-19 pandemic. This brief uses standard debt dynamic accounting decomposition...
We crowdsource information on approximately 22,000 train rides undertaken by commuters on Rio de Janeiro’s SuperVia to study sexual harassment in the public space and its effects on demand for a women-reserved...
Type: BriefReport#: 178617Date: December 15, 2022Author:
Cardoso De Andrade,Luiza ;
Kondylis,Florence ;
Legovini,Arianna ;
Vborny,Kate ;
Zwager,Astrid Maria Theresia
This brief discusses critical considerations for engaging the private sector in the process of reforming and implementing business regulations, along with channels and mechanisms that have been successfully...
Type: BriefReport#: 178461Date: December 9, 2022Author:
Arlet,Jean Nicolas ;
Eknath,Varun ;
Popova,Oleksandra
Each year, billions of dollars are spent on targeted social protection programs. While these programs are often designed to provide support to the poorest households, identifying eligible households within...
Type: BriefReport#: 178426Date: December 8, 2022Author:
Aiken, Emily L. ;
Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe ;
Blumenstock,Joshua Evan ;
Coville,Aidan
Non-financial corporates in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) have amassed high levels of debt in the past decade, especially during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) shock, when they needed massive...
Type: BriefReport#: 178309Date: December 6, 2022Author:
Fukuzawa,Daisuke ;
Islamaj,Ergys
Every child has the right to a safe, formal, quality education. Gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) is a serious and systemic issue in the education sector, with long-term impacts on students’...
Type: BriefReport#: 178253Date: December 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
The manufacturing sector is a key source of economic growth in many countries, providing jobs and opportunities to many workers. Addressing gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) is important for...
Type: BriefReport#: 178255Date: December 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
Gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH) risks can intensify within local communities when there are large influxes of male workers from outside the area. Such workers often come without their families...
Type: BriefReport#: 178251Date: December 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
The hotels, catering, and tourism (HCT) sector is a large, rapidly growing sector with an average female participation rate of 56 percent globally and up to 70 percent at regional level. Women are employed...
Type: BriefReport#: 178254Date: December 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
Public transport systems are an important gateway to access essential opportunities. Investments in safe and well-designed transport infrastructure can increase economic empowerment by improving mobility...
Type: BriefReport#: 178257Date: December 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
Women with disabilities face additional barriers to their socioeconomic participation compared to men, with and without disabilities as well as to women without disabilities, resulting in significant employment...
Type: BriefReport#: 178308Date: December 2, 2022Author:
Julia Constanze Braunmiller ;
Marie Jeanne Charlotte Dry
International Finance Corporation’s (IFC’s) women on boards and in business leadership (WBBL) training program meets the needs of companies as they look toward this changed paradigm. It responds to the...
Type: BriefReport#: 178260Date: December 2, 2022Author:
Salazar,Loty R.
This report presents single success story. The article aims to help build a culture of female leadership in Eastern Europe and Central Asia by inspiring female executives to pursue further career achievement.
Type: BriefReport#: 178239Date: December 2, 2022Author:
Essmat,Sammar ;
Zupcevic Buzadzic,Merima
The Sustainable Banking Network (SBN) is an informal and exclusive group of banking regulators and associations that are interested in sustainable banking policies, guidelines and practices. Its main objective...
Type: BriefReport#: 178241Date: December 2, 2022Author:
World Bank
One of the key challenges facing innovative small and medium enterprises is customer acquisition. This is especially a constraint in less populated countries like those in the Western Balkans, where domestic...
Type: BriefReport#: 178393Date: December 1, 2022Author:
Cusolito,Ana Paula ;
Darova,Ornella ;
Mckenzie,David J.
This brief discusses the economic development of Vietnam for the month of December 2022.The two drivers of economic growth, exports and domestic demand, are moderating. Softer external demand has weighed...
Type: BriefReport#: 178538Date: December 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
North Macedonia, an Eastern European nation of 1.836 million inhabitants, has a growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). An aging population and high NCD risk factors are mainly responsible,...
Type: BriefReport#: 180280Date: December 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
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