On July 13, 2023, the World Bank Group held a discussion with representatives from the Government of Rwanda, civil society organizations, and development partners on the proposed World Bank Group Gender...
Type: BriefReport#: 192219Date: July 13, 2023Author:
World Bank
On July 12, 2023, the World Bank (WB) held a virtual discussion with representatives of the Bretton Woods Project and partner and watchdog organizations on WB Gender Strategy 2024-2030. The aim of this...
Type: BriefReport#: 192238Date: July 12, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Kingdom of Lesotho is a small, mountainous, landlocked, lower-middle income country in Southern Africa. It is surrounded by and deeply integrated with South Africa, the second-largest economy in Sub-Saharan...
Type: BriefReport#: 183872Date: July 6, 2023Author:
World Bank
The Kingdom of Eswatini, a small country in Southern Africa, heavily relies on trade, especially with neighboring South Africa. Despite being classified as a lower middle-income country it faces significant...
Type: BriefReport#: 183859Date: July 6, 2023Author:
World Bank
On July 6, 2023, the World Bank Group (WBG) held a virtual discussion with representatives of UNICEF’s Social Policy and Social Protection, Gender Equality, and Office of Research on the key priorities...
Type: BriefReport#: 192255Date: July 6, 2023Author:
World Bank
: Reducing the impact of climate change on poor and vulnerable households is essential to hastening poverty reduction. In thinking about policies that do this, it is useful to apply the same hazard, exposure...
Type: BriefReport#: 183824Date: July 5, 2023Author:
Brunckhorst, Ben James ;
Hill, Ruth ;
Mansuri, Ghazala ;
Miki Khanh Doan ;
Nguyen, Trang Van
Gig platforms can use work and earnings data to provide meaningful financial services to underserved gig workers. This brief highlights the experience of two industry pioneers, Moove and Karmalife, that...
Although gig work platforms provide a channel for offering financial services to underserved workers, innovators are realizing that despite their digital skills, the underserved platform-workers segment...
Psychology-based business trainings that develop a proactive entrepreneurial mindset have been shown to be more effective than traditional business training in supporting female entrepreneurs to grow their...
Type: BriefReport#: 184276Date: July 1, 2023Author:
Hailemicheal, Adiam Hagos ;
Papineni, Sreelakshmi ;
Weis, Toni Johannes
In the most recent World Bank Enterprise Survey, it was found that approximately 35 percent of Tunisian firms identified an inadequately educated workforce as a significant constraint, which is the highest...
Type: BriefReport#: 183992Date: July 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
Many governments struggle with how to efficiently, effectively, and equitably allocate medical supplies and equipment. Medical supplies and equipment can be expensive and prone to mismatches in use, context,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184586Date: July 1, 2023Author:
Bathanti, Jacob J ;
Salazar Salazar, Elizabeth
The World Bank’s South Asia region gender innovation lab is conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions with direct or indirect effects on measures of women’s economic empowerment....
Type: BriefReport#: 184120Date: July 1, 2023Author:
Javed, Amna ;
Munoz Boudet, Ana Maria ;
Zahra, Najaf
Bangladesh has a history of effective economic inclusion programs, but they are implemented primarily by civil society organizations. Government-implemented initiatives are critical for scale but there...
As a result of healthy economic growth and a strong commitment to strengthening human capital over the past five years, Zanzibar has made significant progress in the provision of good-quality education...
Type: BriefReport#: 184977Date: July 1, 2023Author:
World Bank
The document collection focuses on an assessment of growth-oriented, opportunity-driven, women-owned enterprises in rural areas. It aims to identify the characteristics and drivers of growth for these...
This policy brief presents an update on the state of unhappiness and depression in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region during the COVID-19 pandemic using findings from a large-scale phone survey...
Type: BriefReport#: 184064Date: June 30, 2023Author:
Chaudhury, Nazmul ;
El-Shal, Amira ;
Halim, Daniel Zefanya
Disasters triggered by climate and other natural hazards are increasing in frequency, severity, and duration worldwide. Disasters, whether from natural hazards or man-made, cost lives and livelihoods,...
Type: BriefReport#: 183668Date: June 30, 2023Author:
Arango, Diana Jimena ;
Casabonne, Ursula ;
Escobar Saenz, Mirtha Liliana ;
Grossi, Ariana Maria Del Mar ;
Limani, Arjola ;
Maruo, Mirai ;
Stanley, Victoria ;
Trohanis, Zoe Elena
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