Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) provides unconditional cash transfers to women in seven million of the country’s poorest households. Beginning in 2017, BISP adopted biometric verification...
Type: BriefReport#: 170482Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Clark, Julia Michal ;
Haseeb, Muhammad ;
Jalal, Umm E Amen ;
Siddiqi, Bilal Murtaza ;
Vyborny, Kate
Brazil has a pressing need for better water supply and sanitation services (WSS), but in recent years public investment in the sector has been declining both in real terms and as a proportion of gross...
Type: BriefReport#: 161240Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Borja-Vega, Christian ;
Makino, Midori
A 250,000 US dollars ESMAP grant helped support the reengagement of the World Bank in the Yemeni power sector through the 50 million IDA-funded Yemen Emergency Electricity Access Project. ESMAP-funded...
In this knowledge brief, the authors examine strategies the World Bank’s promoting inclusion of persons with disabilities in social protection and employment programs project team in Haiti adopted to improve...
This brief is a part of the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Knowledge Brief series on the design and implementation of youth employment programs. The digital transformation is creating new job opportunities,...
This brief reports on the results of a household survey conducted by the World Bank in the fall of 2021 [October to December] to assess changes in basic living conditions in Afghanistan in the early days...
Type: BriefReport#: 182567Date: March 1, 2022Author:
Cancho, Cesar A. ;
Knippenberg, Erwin Willem Yvonnick Leon ;
Mansuri, Ghazala
These RAP 2021 updates offer in-depth data on performance and outcomes ratings for every Region and World Bank Practice Group. Each update includes trend analyses; a breakdown of ratings by instrument,...
Type: BriefReport#: 166168Date: March 1, 2022Author:
World Bank
The number of new Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases soared in Vietnam as people returned to work after the Lunar New Year. However, it has been affected by the surge in infections that started in the second...
In a world where data are becoming an integral part of our lives, data governance has become essential to support the production, use and reuse of data in a safe, ethical, and secure manner. In effect,...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) business pulse survey (BPS) is a rapid survey designed to measure the various channels of impact of COVID-19 on firms, firm adjustment strategies, and public policy...
Type: BriefReport#: 171176Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Hebous, Sarah Waltraut ;
Kuriakose, Smita ;
Ting, Kok Onn ;
Tran, Trang Thu
Georgia has been conducting health reform designed to improve coverage, quality, and financial protection. It faces the challenge of providing greater financial protection to its citizens: Georgia’s out-of-pocket...
Type: BriefReport#: 171765Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Cetinkaya, Volkan ;
Cortez, Rafael A.
Croatia’s long-term care (LTC) needs will increase substantially in years to come and under investment is not only limiting the country’s productivity but increasing poverty and compromising the sustainability...
Type: BriefReport#: 172261Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Bolongaita, Sarah Ann ;
Dzakula, Aleksandar ;
Rupasinghe, Yoshini Naomi ;
Schack, Maya Viviane
Health appears to be an increasingly high priority in Azerbaijan. However, more public resources must be allocated to health to guarantee the Mandatory Health Insurance Program (MHIP) delivers on its promise...
Type: BriefReport#: 170506Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Cetinkaya, Volkan ;
Cortez, Rafael A.
Approximately two years after the outbreak of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Gabon seems to be most the resilient country with regard to COVID-19 fatalities in Central Africa. Although Gabon is still...
Type: BriefReport#: 170009Date: February 28, 2022Author:
Beidou, Abdoullahi ;
Konou, Akakpo Domefa ;
Mistiaen, Johan A. ;
Narayan, Ambar ;
Ouedraogo, Alice R. ;
Rontoyanni, Clelia Kalliopi Helena ;
Viboudoulou Vilpoux, Mervy Ever
Established in June 2017, the City Resilience Program (CRP) is an initiative funded by multiple donors, managed by the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and implemented by the...
Type: BriefReport#: 170370Date: February 28, 2022Author:
World Bank
Located on the Alps-Himalaya seismic zone, Armenia has historically been prone to earthquakes. The last devastating earthquake in 1988 rocked Spitak, killing 25,000 people and injuring 19,000, severely...
Type: BriefReport#: 168916Date: February 22, 2022Author:
Takeuchi, Ko
Learning from years of experience confronting natural disasters, Japan has established itself as a global leader in mainstreaming disaster risk management (DRM) in development policies and practices. The...
A growing understanding of the importance of children’s earliest years has led to an increasing desire to measure early childhood development (ECD) outcomes. There are now nearly 150 tools for measuring...
Type: BriefReport#: 168832Date: February 18, 2022Author:
Luna Bazaldua, Diego Armando ;
Pushparatnam, Adelle ;
Seiden, Jonathan Michael
Tracking economic activity in real time is a difficult task for forecasters due to data publication lags, frequent and/or large revisions and lack of high-frequency indicators. For North Macedonia, first...
The first Sustainable Development Goal to end poverty in all its forms by 2030 pledges to leave no one behind. This commitment includes the over 80 million people—one percent of the globe’s population—who...
Type: BriefReport#: 168730Date: February 15, 2022Author:
Hanmer, Lucia C. ;
Klugman, Jeni ;
Ortiz, Elena Judith
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