Violence against women and girls (VAWG) risks in energy operations arise across both the demand and supply sides of the sector. On the demand side, limited access to energy, particularly lighting and clean...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 204682Date: September 23, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper studies the impact of geopolitical risks on international trade, using the Geopolitical Risk (GPR) index of Caldara and Iacoviello (2022) and an empirical gravity model. The impact of spikes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11219Date: September 23, 2025Author:
Mulabdic, Alen ;
Yotov, Yoto V.
The vision for the ASM Academy is to create a place where miners will hear miners’ voices and recognise the questions and challenges that miners face and the practical solutions they are proposing. Miners...
Type: ReportReport#: 204656Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Newspapers often tell the story of the worst side of safety and health of small-scale miners. But as we asked for stories from miners across Delve Exchange, we were inspired by the many ways our fellow...
Type: ReportReport#: 204658Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper quantifies the short-run economic impact of 21 Atlantic hurricanes on U.S. local business activity from 2017 to 2024 using anonymized Mastercard transaction data aggregated by ZIP code. On average,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11217Date: September 22, 2025Author:
Agarwal, Sumit ;
Choudhury, Smarajit Paul ;
Fan, Mingxuan ;
Klapper, Leora
The Sahel — considered to include Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal for the purpose of this study — is a complex environment with high rates of poverty and gender inequality which...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 204651Date: September 22, 2025Author:
Seibold, Juliette Oriane Barbara
The Country Opinion Survey in Sierra Leone assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Sierra Leone perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from...
Type: ReportReport#: 205728Date: September 22, 2025Author:
wb551071
The increasing impacts of climate change on urban areas demand comprehensive citywide resilience solutions and a systems-level approach that takes into account the interconnectivity of urban planning,...
Type: ReportReport#: 204667Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
The pace of gender-related legal reforms is also slowing with economies in 2022 adopting the fewest gender-related reforms in more than two decades. The World Bank’s forthcoming Gender Strategy 2024–2030...
The 2024 elections arrived at a pivotal moment for Ghana. While the country witnessed substantial progress in economic growth, poverty reduction, and human development in the first decade of the twenty-first...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 204637Date: September 22, 2025Author:
Curto, Stefano ;
Keane, Michelle C.
Taking care of the environment is important because mining can harm the land, water, and air if it's not done properly. Fortunately, many artisanal and small-scale miners (ASM) are now using better methods...
Type: ReportReport#: 204660Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
In this module we meet the women in ASM. From our interviews across Delve Exchange, we have heard stories of how ASM supports women in paying for their children’s education.
Type: ReportReport#: 204661Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
Technology is a game-changer for ASM workers like you, making your work safer, easier, and more efficient. Whether you’re digging for gold, gemstones, or other minerals, modern tools and techniques can...
Type: ReportReport#: 204659Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report, "Blueing the Black Sea: Reducing Marine Plastics Pollution in Georgia. Synthesis Report," is an output of a multiyear "Blueing the Black Sea" regional program to create a shared regional framework...
Type: ReportReport#: 204666Date: September 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
The 2024 elections arrived at a pivotal moment for Ghana. While the country witnessed substantial progress in economic growth, poverty reduction, and human development in the first decade of the twenty-first...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 204637Date: September 22, 2025Author:
Curto, Stefano ;
Keane, Michelle C.
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