This World Bank report highlights the benefits of investing in resilient urban sanitation systems for people, economic growth, and the planet. The report presents
a suite of policy, institutional, regulatory,...
Type: ReportReport#: 203930Date: August 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper utilizes the unique dynamics of fiscal budgeting in countries with a large hydro-carbon sector to estimate fiscal multipliers. The main identifying assumption rests on the idea that exogenously...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11193Date: August 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
Accurate and timely poverty measurement is central to development policy, yet the availability of up-to-date high-quality household survey data remains limited—particularly in countries where poverty is...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11192Date: August 19, 2025Author:
Corral Rodas, Paul Andres ;
Ham, Andres ;
Lanjouw, Peter ;
Lucchetti, Leonardo Ramiro ;
Stemmler, Henry
This paper examines the long-term impacts of early-life drought exposure on the human capital and socioeconomic outcomes of women born in the Arab Republic of Egypt, Jordan, and Morocco across more than...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11190Date: August 19, 2025Author:
Elmallakh, Nelly Youssef Louis William ;
Gatti, Roberta V. ;
Islam, Asif Mohammed ;
Mousa, Mennatallah Emam Mohamed Sayed
This paper examines the impact of negative precipitation shocks (droughts) on labor markets in the Middle East and North Africa region. Using Labor Force Survey data across five countries over approximately...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11191Date: August 19, 2025Author:
Elmallakh, Nelly Youssef Louis William ;
Faures, Diego ;
Gatti, Roberta V. ;
Islam, Asif Mohammed
In the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, total factor productivity growth has slowed over the past two decades. Why this slowdown has come at a time of rapid technological progress is a puzzle. This...
Type: ReportReport#: 202041Date: August 19, 2025Author:
World Bank
This brief highlights the evidence on the benefits of expanding access to quality, affordable childcare and suggests steps governments can take to work on the childcare agenda through a range of different...
Type: BriefReport#: 203416Date: August 19, 2025Author:
Hallsdóttir, Esther ;
Beaton-Day, Frances Mary ;
Devercelli, Amanda
The success of climate adaptation and mitigation often depends on support from local communities. Yet, it remains unclear what strategies are most effective to inform and activate support for climate action....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11187Date: August 18, 2025Author:
Erbaugh, James Thomas ;
Duncan, Hannah Jane ;
Tas, Emcet Oktay ;
Myers, Rodd ;
Octifanny, Yustina ;
Harjanthi, Rahayu ;
Damayanti, Ellyn K. ;
Agrawal, Arun
This paper provides the first experimental evidence on the long-term effects of work-study programs, leveraging a randomized lottery design from a national program in Uruguay. Participation leads to a...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11185Date: August 18, 2025Author:
Ferrando, Mery ;
Katzkowicz, Noemi ;
Le Barbanchon, Thomas ;
Ubfal, Diego Javier
Many African countries are experiencing rapid urbanization. However, job creation has not kept pace, resulting in persistently high urban unemployment rates. Based on basic job search theory, the paper...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11186Date: August 18, 2025Author:
Iimi, Atsushi
This paper provides a spatial analysis of coal transition vulnerability in Indonesia. It uses a mixed-methods approach that combines quantitative data on exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11188Date: August 18, 2025Author:
Tas, Emcet Oktay ;
Canpolat, Ezgi ;
Cole, Megan ;
Setyowati, Abidah Billah ;
Woodhouse, Jasminah
Thailand’s economic recovery has been uneven. Stronger-than-expected exports and investment are masking weakness in tourism and private consumption. Export momentum benefited from front-loaded orders amid...
Type: BriefReport#: 203886Date: August 18, 2025Author:
Puthong, Warunthorn Milk
This paper applies a gender lens to the distributional analysis of Peru’s fiscal system using the Commitment to Equity methodology with data from the 2019 Encuesta Nacional de Hogares. The paper examines...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11189Date: August 18, 2025Author:
Hernandez, Paola Buitrago ;
De la Flor Giuffra, Luciana ;
Rivera Gallegos, Gonzalo Javier ;
Rubiano Matulevich, Eliana Carolina
Ghana: A Diagnostic Review of Public Expenditures in Agriculture is an evaluation of the composition, trends and impact of public spending in the country’s agricultural sector and provides actionable recommendations...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 203876Date: August 15, 2025Author:
Guedegbe, Onasis Tharcisse Adetumi ;
Sebastian, Ashwini Rekha
Objective of this technical presentation is to present and analyze relevant global experiences that support returnee populations, with an emphasis on their socioeconomic inclusion.
Type: ReportReport#: 203881Date: August 15, 2025Author:
World Bank
In Yemen, women and girls face multiple obstacles that hinder progress toward gender equality and limit their economic participation. The ongoing conflict has devastated the lives, health, and economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 190750Date: August 15, 2025Author:
Al Hagar, Khlood Abdo Alhaj ;
John, Aparna ;
Constant, Samantha M. ;
Aghajanian, Alia Jane ;
Park, Hogeun
This study provides a detailed analysis of the education and skills systems in Serbia in the context of the green transition and gives some recommendations for their future development. The document comprises...
Type: ReportReport#: 203847Date: August 14, 2025Author:
Shmis, Tigran ;
Zavalina, Polina ;
Racic, Domagoj ;
Gomez Tamayo, Sofia
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