This paper investigates the impact of higher education expansion on firm performance in developing countries. It focuses on the significant expansion of higher education in Brazil between 2000 and 2012,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11216Date: September 17, 2025Author:
Cirera, Xavier ;
Cruz, Marcio ;
Soares Martins Neto, Antonio
Several emerging and low-income countries have made good progress in formulating a DMS, and many regularly publish their DMS. However, they have been less successful in their implementation through an...
Type: ReportReport#: 204591Date: September 16, 2025Author:
World Bank ;
(IMF), International Monetary Fund
Climate change is already reshaping environmental and social landscapes across Thailand, exposing people and communities to compounding risks that threaten their stability and well-being. The increasing...
Type: ReportReport#: 202430Date: September 16, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) program in Chad, part of the 2024-2028 National Strategy, aims to strengthen the resilience of vulnerable populations to shocks like climate crises and refugee influxes....
Type: BriefReport#: 201576Date: September 16, 2025Author:
World Bank
The use of Rated Criteria is the default approach for most Bank-funded international competitive procurements. Combined with price and life cycle cost formulas, Rated Criteria provide a truer assessment...
Type: ReportReport#: 204592Date: September 16, 2025Author:
World Bank
Low investments in human development (HD) are both a cause and a consequence of economic performance and income growth. Thriving populations in knowledge societies are skilled, mobile, healthy, and connected....
Type: ReportReport#: 204336Date: September 16, 2025Author:
Morgandi, Matteo ;
Koettl-Brodmann, Johannes ;
Gentilini, Ugo ;
Duran, Denizhan ;
Caillaud, Fadila ;
Saadah, Fadia M.
Public institutions are at the core of service delivery in the HD sectors of health, education, and social protection (SP), yet they underperform in providing effective coverage. In the MENA region, public...
Embracing resilience not as an add-on, but as a core pillar of its growth strategy, over the past decade, Tanzania has been demonstrating how resilience can be systematically embedded into national development....
Type: ReportReport#: 204309Date: September 16, 2025Author:
World Bank
The environmental Kuznets curve postulates an inverted-U relationship between environmental degradation and economic growth. And economic growth has been synonymous with structural transformation. How...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11214Date: September 15, 2025Author:
Mulabdic, Alen ;
Nayyar, Gaurav ;
Stapleton, Katherine
Disasters caused by natural hazards do not affect everyone equally. Women and persons with disabilities are particularly vulnerable due to preexisting social and economic inequalities, such as limited...
Type: BriefReport#: 204543Date: September 15, 2025Author:
World Bank
This note serves as a resource for practitioners involved in post-disaster recovery, providing guidance on integrating gender-sensitive approaches and effective practices. It offers insights, approaches,...
Type: BriefReport#: 204544Date: September 15, 2025Author:
World Bank
Floods are becoming more frequent and severe due to climate change, population growth, and land cover changes. In Paraguay, floods are the most common weather-related hazard and disproportionately impact...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11215Date: September 15, 2025Author:
Ervin, Paul ;
Gayoso, Lyliana ;
Rubiano Matulevich, Eliana Carolina
Disasters caused by natural hazards do not affect everyone equally. Women and persons with disabilities are particularly vulnerable due to preexisting social and economic inequalities, such as limited...
Type: BriefReport#: 204542Date: September 15, 2025Author:
World Bank
The report presents the Digital Trade Regulatory Readiness (DTRR) database
compiled by a team of World Bank experts. The database offers novel information on laws and regulations on digital trade for 121...
Type: ReportReport#: 204571Date: September 15, 2025
The report presents the Digital Trade Regulatory Readiness (DTRR) database
compiled by a team of World Bank experts. The database offers novel information on laws and regulations on digital trade for 121...
Type: ReportReport#: 204571Date: September 15, 2025Author:
Molinuevo, Martin ;
Sadikova, Nigorakhon ;
Schwind, Alexandrea ;
Jaller, Lillyana Sophia Daza
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