The use of performance-based school grants can incentivize teachers and administrators to improve education quality. Mozambique has a direct school grant program (ADE) to help schools pay for materials...
Brazil’s poor, northeastern state of Ceara used to rank among the bottom half of states in the national assessment of education quality. In an effort to redress the situation, Ceara used results-based...
Increasing temperatures and growing rainfall variability will negatively affect crop yields. For example, overall rice crop yields in 2040 are expected to be 4 percent lower than today while wheat and...
A supply chain is an essential building block of any health system. During the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chains have been forced to respond with unprecedented resilience, speed, and agility to cope with...
Type: BriefReport#: 161533Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Adeyeye, Moji Christianah ;
Folorunso, Olamide ;
Kone, Souleymane ;
Kovacevic, Rialda ;
Legins, Ken ;
Mwencha, Marasi ;
Ouma, Ahmed
This discussion note presents the summary learnings from seven case studies of government and non-governmental organization (NGO) initiatives to support land-poor farmers - especially the landless, tenants,...
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...
Type: BriefReport#: 172371Date: June 1, 2021Author:
World Bank
A disaggregated analysis of the tax burdens and economic needs of the most economically vulnerable - such as poor women and men, informal workers, and owners of micro- and small enterprises - is crucial...
Type: BriefReport#: 162142Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Ambel, Alemayehu A. ;
Komatsu, Hitomi ;
Koolwal, Gayatri B. ;
Tsegay, Asmelash Haile ;
Yonis, Manex Bule
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#: 159902Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Brancatelli, Calogero ;
Koettl-Brodmann, Stefanie ;
Marguerie, Alicia Charlene ;
Tzimas, Giannis ;
Von Lenthe, Cornelius Claus
Achieving gender equality and economic inclusion is critical for economic growth and prosperity. The pandemic threatens to reverse hard-won gains towards gender equality. Before the crisis, women were...
Type: BriefReport#: 161100Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Beegle, Kathleen G. ;
Heinemann, Alessandra
This note presents the result of the tenth round of a nationally representative telephone survey. Data collection took place between May 25 and June 17, 2021. In addition to the 1,971 households successfully...
Type: BriefReport#: 167952Date: June 1, 2021Author:
Backiny-Yetna, Prospere R. ;
Costantini, Marco ;
Koncobo, Zakaria ;
Tiberti, Marco ;
Tiendrebeogo, et Adama ;
Tsimpo Nkengne, Clarence
Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) has been identified as a priority within the reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition continuum in all 36 current Global...
Type: BriefReport#: 167537Date: May 31, 2021Author:
Calimoutou, Emelyne ;
World Bank
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#: 159903Date: May 31, 2021Author:
Koettl-Brodmann, Stefanie ;
Marguerie, Alicia Charlene ;
Tzimas, Giannis ;
Von Lenthe, Cornelius Claus
This migration and development brief provides updates on global trends in migration and remittances. It highlights developments related to migration-related Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators...
Type: BriefReport#: 193021Date: May 31, 2021Author:
Jammeh, Kebba ;
Kim, Eung Ju ;
Ratha, Dilip ;
Vezmar, Maja
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.
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.
This discussion note summarizes India’s efforts to strengthen the land rights of poor and vulnerable farmers through land leasing reform and provides recommendations to ensure that tenant, women, and Dalit...
This discussion note presents the summary learnings from seven case studies of government and non-governmental organization (NGO) initiatives to support land-poor farmers - especially the landless, tenants,...
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