Relocating refugees to remote purpose-built settlements offers an alternative to hosting refugees in traditional camps or local communities. Yet, its consequences remain poorly understood. This paper evaluates...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11204Date: September 5, 2025Author:
Rozo, Sandra ;
Urbina, María José ;
Wieser, Christina
Gender equality is associated with economic growth and resilience, yet various factors, including climate change, may stall progress toward equal rights for men and women. This paper analyzes historical...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11206Date: September 5, 2025Author:
Behr, Daniela Monika ;
Shen, Liang ;
Tribin Uribe, Ana Maria ;
Trumbic, Tea
The Sahel Irrigation Strategy aims to guide participating countries to scale up irrigation expansion and modernization rapidly and responsibly with a more diverse suite of interventions to optimize the...
Type: ReportReport#: 203011Date: September 5, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poor nutritional choices and unhealthy behaviors are considered responsible for the rise in childhood overweight and obesity and may reinforce each other, creating a vicious cycle. This paper studies a...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11208Date: September 5, 2025Author:
Lombardini, Simone ;
Kondylis, Florence ;
Lerva, Benedetta ;
Heirman, Jonas ;
Khincha, Roshni ;
Uckat, Hannah Irmela
This paper studies how couples in the Medicare Part D program choose an insurance plan. Over 70 percent of enrollees choose the same plan as their spouse. Even among those with differing health care needs,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11207Date: September 5, 2025Author:
Gross, Tal ;
Layton, Tim ;
Prinz, Daniel ;
Yates, Julia
Cybersecurity incidents on critical infrastructure, including digital identification (ID) ecosystems, are often identified as one of the most pressing global risks. This note provides policy makers and...
Type: ReportReport#: 204295Date: September 5, 2025Author:
De Salins, Ghislain ;
Eichholtzer, Marie ;
Mahmood, Shah ;
Maple, Carsten
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
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