Strong demand for animal products offers significant opportunities for the sector to contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction. Colombian cattle ranching still largely occurs in a context of...
Type: BriefReport#: 160055Date: June 7, 2021Author:
Becking, Jorrit Bob Tonko ;
Diaz Rios, Luz Berania ;
Ramirez Diaz, Mariangela
Globally, an estimated 267 million youth aged between 15 and 24 are neither in education nor employed, with most of these youth residing in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This number is likely to increase...
The Indonesia occupational tasks and skills (Indotask) is the first attempt to collect detailed tasks and skills data on 51 in-demand occupations in Indonesia, including 29 high-skilled, 18 semi-skilled,...
The labor market information system (LMIS) can be defined as the set of institutional arrangements, procedures, and mechanisms that are designed to coordinate the collection, processing, storage, retrieval,...
This report presents 10 complementary indicators that determine short-term occupational prospects. The platform will be used by students, job seekers, workers, and firms for making decisions on education...
In May 2020, the National Statistical Office (NSO), with support from the World Bank, launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19, which tracks the socio-economic impacts of the pandemic on a...
Type: BriefReport#: 160052Date: June 4, 2021Author:
Vundru, Wilbert Drazi
In The Gambia, women represent key actors of horticultural production by managing the cultivation of vegetables in community gardens. However, because they lack access to irrigation technologies, many...
The Zimbabwe climate smart investment plan (CSAIP) highlights the potential of climate smart agriculture (CSA) in achieving the Government of Zimbabwe’s vision of a growing and climate resilient agricultural...
In dynamic economies, real-time labor market information based on online sources has become an integral part of labor market monitoring and is increasingly used to inform policy decisions. Data from online...
Type: BriefReport#: 159884Date: June 2, 2021Author:
Koettl-Brodmann, Stefanie ;
Marguerie, Alicia Charlene ;
Von Lenthe, Cornelius Claus
In dynamic economies, real-time labor market information based on online sources has become an integral part of labor market monitoring and is increasingly used to inform policy decisions. Data from online...
Type: BriefReport#: 159884Date: June 2, 2021Author:
Koettl-Brodmann, Stefanie ;
Marguerie, Alicia Charlene ;
Von Lenthe, Cornelius Claus
In dynamic economies, real-time labor market information based on online sources has become an integral part of labor market monitoring and is increasingly used to inform policy decisions. Data from online...
Type: BriefReport#: 159869Date: June 2, 2021Author:
Koettl-Brodmann, Stefanie ;
Marguerie, Alicia Charlene ;
Von Lenthe, Cornelius Claus
In dynamic economies, real-time labor market information based on online sources has become an integral part of labor market monitoring and is increasingly used to inform policy decisions. Data from online...
Type: BriefReport#: 159869Date: June 2, 2021Author:
Koettl-Brodmann, Stefanie ;
Marguerie, Alicia Charlene ;
Von Lenthe, Cornelius Claus
Sharing mobile network infrastructure through specialized companies called towercos is a business model with the potential to accelerate access to quality mobile connectivity for individuals and businesses...
Type: BriefReport#: 161504Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Houngbonon, Georges Vivien ;
Rossotto, Carlo Maria ;
Strusani, Davide
Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius , in line with the Paris Agreement (PA), requires that global annual greenhouse gas emissions are cut by 50 percent of current levels by 2030, and reduced...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the important role digital financial services (DFS) can play in reducing disruptions to supply chains, maintaining economic activity, supporting social transfers and ensuring...
The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the important role digital financial services (DFS) can play in reducing disruptions to supply chains, maintaining economic activity, supporting social transfers and ensuring...
This discussion note highlights cross-state experiences with subsidizing land purchases by poor women and facilitating women’s group land leasing to increase their productivity and income.
Type: BriefReport#: 167078Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Stickler, Meredith Mercedes
This discussion note profiles approaches for supporting farmers to obtain legal recognition of their informal land rights through government land allocation programs and joint titling.
Type: BriefReport#: 167079Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Youssefi-Vash, Farbod
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#: 161293Date: June 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and its effects on households create an urgent need for timely data and evidence to help monitor and mitigate the social and economic impacts of the crisis...
Type: BriefReport#: 160992Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Karamba, R. Wendy ;
Shrestha, Maheshwor ;
Tong, Kimsun
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