The highlights of this issue include: (1) Tribunal upholding termination for sunglasses theft; (2) Tribunal overturning termination decision based on flawed performance evaluation; (3) Tribunal stressing...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 204335Date: September 5, 2025Author:
World Bank
Can algorithms enhance bureaucrats’ work in developing countries? In data-poor environments, bureaucrats often exercise discretion over key decisions, such as audit selection. Exploiting newly digitized...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11205Date: September 5, 2025Author:
Bachas, Pierre ;
Brockmeyer, Anne ;
Ferreira, Alipio ;
Sarr, Bassirou
Following strong momentum in the first half of 2025, driven by front-loaded exports, the Vietnamese economy is expected to moderate over the remainder of the year as export growth normalizes, with a forecast...
Type: ReportReport#: 204291Date: September 4, 2025Author:
Dray, Sacha ;
Madani, Dorsati H. ;
Nguyen, Thu-Ha Thi ;
Tran, Nguyet Thi Anh ;
Dao, Trang Hong
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significant potential to help drive economic development and poverty reduction in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). AI—including traditional and generative AI (GenAI)—is...
Type: ReportReport#: 202073Date: September 4, 2025Author:
Bergman, Johan Bjurman ;
Appaya, Mandepanda Sharmista
As renewable hydrogen becomes central to decarbonizing hard-to-abate sectors, such as steel manufacturing or heavy transport, deployment in Emerging Markets and Developing Countries depends on obtaining...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 204294Date: September 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
The transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in public governance is increasingly recognized across both developed and developing economies. Governments are exploring and adopting AI technologies...
Type: ReportReport#: 204176Date: September 4, 2025Author:
Park, Jinhee ;
Han, Ahram ;
Kim, Chansoo ;
Cho, Haneol
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) requested the World Bank Group (WBG) for initial advice on several queries related to financial consumer protection and financial literacy. These queries were posed in...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 204282Date: September 4, 2025Author:
Boeddu, Gian ;
Sarkar, Arpita
Malaysia’s healthcare sector accounts for less than three percent of national plastic consumption, making it one of the smallest consumers. Despite its low usage, global plastic circularity initiatives...
Type: ReportReport#: 204010Date: September 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Using a cross-section of more than 33,000 services firms in 104 low- and middle-income countries from the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys, this paper examines whether the female labor share premium of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11198Date: September 3, 2025Author:
Luna, Luis Aguilar ;
Winkler, Deborah Elisabeth
Early warning systems are a cornerstone of disaster risk reduction, enabling timely alerts and protective actions that save lives and reduce damages. Yet, despite their documented cost-effectiveness and...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11199Date: September 3, 2025Author:
Beaudet, Chloé ;
Bernard, Louise ;
Jafino, Bramka Arga ;
Avner, Paolo
A long-established and widely used approach to management in government has been the transmission of information up a hierarchy, and centralized decision-making and oversight; colloquially known as ‘command...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11200Date: September 3, 2025Author:
Gulzar, Saad ;
Ladino, Juan Felipe ;
Mehmood, Muhammad Zia ;
Rogger, Daniel
Malaysia’s construction sector, the fourth largest plastic consumer, contributes around six percent of national plastic usage. Despite this, plastic circularity efforts have largely focused on packaging...
Type: ReportReport#: 204009Date: September 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper validates a new set of behavioral measures for socioemotional skills across three Sub-Saharan African countries—Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, and Tanzania—and compares them to widely used self-reported...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11201Date: September 3, 2025Author:
Delavallade, Clara Anne ;
Das, Smita ;
Rouanet, Lea Marie ;
Clerkin, Aidan ;
Gonzalez, Chris ;
Jamison, Julian
Exposure to extreme weather events and other adverse shocks has led to an increasing number of humanitarian crises in developing countries in recent years. These events cause acute suffering and compromise...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11202Date: September 3, 2025Author:
Tennant, Elizabeth J. ;
Michuda, Aleksandr ;
Upton, Joanna B. ;
Chamorro, Andres ;
Engstrom, Ryan ;
Mann, Michael L. ;
Newhouse, David ;
Weber, Michael ;
Barrett, Christopher B.
Malaysia's plastic recycling sector has historically relied on imported plastic waste. Imported plastic provides some certainty and scale for feedstocks that are ready and suitable for recycling, making...
Type: ReportReport#: 204006Date: September 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
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