This paper uses microdata from the Labor Force and Household Surveys conducted in Afghanistan to show the wage premium differences for education between men and women, documenting a significantly larger...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10888Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Rafiuddin Najam ;
Patrinos,Harry Anthony ;
Raja Bentaouet Kattan
This paper studies telework as an opportunity to increase women’s labor force participation in Mexico. Using data on the availability and use of information technology in households, the paper models women’s...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10889Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Gabriela Inchauste ;
Mariel Cecilia Siravegna
Poverty maps are a useful tool for targeting social programs on areas with high concentrations of poverty. However, a static focus on poverty ignores its temporal dimension. Thus, current nonpoor households...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10890Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Oscar Eduardo Barriga Cabanillas ;
Thomas Bossuroy ;
Paul Andres Corral Rodas ;
Carlos Rodriguez Castelan ;
Emmanuel Skoufias
While financial sector risks in the larger and higher per capita countries are moderate, half of lower-income countries face significant risks over the next 12 months. Nearly 70 percent of countries facing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 193302Date: September 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Country Partnership Framework (CPF) sets out the strategic priorities of the World Bank Group (WBG) for supporting Suriname’s ambition for a just society in which its values are fulfilled. The high-level...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 187648Date: September 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Addressing energy poverty is paramount for economic development, given its close connection to income poverty. Research indicates that lower-income households are disproportionately affected by energy...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 193481Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Monica Robayo ;
Jonathan George Karver ;
Britta Laurin Rude ;
Ailin Tomio ;
Silvestri, Alessandro ;
Kiyomi E. Cadena
Maintaining human capital during old age requires both an adequate pension (cash component) as well as access to affordable quality healthcare (healthcare component). Lack of universal/affordable healthcare...
Type: ReportReport#: 193519Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Gustavo Demarco ;
Johannes Koettl ;
Miglena Abels ;
Petrelli, Andrea
Indonesia is exposed to both climate change transition risks and physical risks. With primary energy supply heavily dominated by fossil fuels, like many other countries, and as a major exporter of coal...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 194500Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Michaela Mei Dolk ;
Ou Nie ;
Feliz Sunthiem (IMF)
Group Internal Audit (GIA) is supporting the World Bank Group’s Evolution Roadmap by focusing on our FY22-26 Strategy, which provides the tools for them to assess if the World Bank Group’s control environment...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 193561Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the major health and development challenges of our time. Every year, about 41 million people die due to NCDs. This makes up about 74 percent of all deaths globally,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193504Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Jha, Prabhat ;
Alleyne,George ;
Isenman, Paul ;
Seemeen Saadat ;
Jeremy Veillard ;
Sameera Maziad Al Tuwaijri
Rice is a crucial staple food globally, but its cultivation demands significant land and water resources and contributes to over 10 percent of human-induced methane emissions. Sustainable rice production...
Type: ReportReport#: 195044Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Bottriell, Kathleen ;
Heather Renee Oh ;
Alan Johnson ;
Josefina Maiztegui ;
Jessica Camilli Bluestein
Women and men experience aging differently. Evidence from across the globe suggests that aging is not “gender-neutral”, but rather “gender-imbalanced”. Along with physical and physiological differences,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193512Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Seemeen Saadat ;
Meriem Boudjadja ;
Sameera Maziad Al Tuwaijri
The rapid digitization reshaping the financial services landscape presents both opportunities and challenges. While rapid digitization has broadened access to and reduced the costs of financial services,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193581Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Eric Duflos ;
Juan Carlos Izaguirre ;
Sai Krishna Kumaraswamy ;
Laura Brix Newbury ;
Myra Valenzuela
This report presents an overview of policies, institutions, and regulations (PIR) in the water supply and sanitation (WSS) sector for three countries in the Caucasus region: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia....
Type: ReportReport#: 193697Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Smita Misra
Environmental and climate factors play an increasing role in shaping Ethiopia’s economic competitiveness, and this report aims to provide an overview of these shifts. This novel report is a high-level...
Type: ReportReport#: 194146Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Milaine Rossanaly ;
Butler, Matt ;
Philip Grinsted ;
Cartwright, Juan
Even as human beings are living longer and generally healthier lives, consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and processed foods with high sugar content are causing substantial death and disease. In recent decades,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193511Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Paraje, Guillermo ;
Jha, Prabhat ;
Savedoff, William ;
Alan Fuchs
In virtually all countries across the world, the population is aging, and consequently, both the number and proportion of older people are growing. Notably, the aging process is accelerating at a more...
Type: ReportReport#: 193515Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Elena Glinskaya ;
Xiaohui Hou ;
Feng, Zhanlian ;
Angrisani, Marco ;
Suarez, Guadalupe ;
Jigyasa Sharma ;
Phillips, Drystan ;
Wilkens, Jenny ;
Lee, Jinkook ;
Yoo, Yeeun Lee ;
Lau, Samuel ;
Park, Hae Yeun ;
Chen, Yizhou
As underscored in several background papers developed for the Healthy Longevity Initiative (HLI) Commission, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) represent a major and growing threat to the health of the world’s...
Type: ReportReport#: 193520Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Watkins, David ;
Ahmed, Sali ;
Pickersgill, Sarah
Poor health in old age comes at a high cost for individuals, households, and societies. Increases in life expectancy across countries have not always added years of healthy life. Accordingly, health promotion...
Type: ReportReport#: 193510Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Ana Maria Rojas Mendez ;
Ana Maria Munoz Boudet ;
Moscoe, Ellen ;
Jamison, Julian ;
Herl, Carlos Riumallo
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