This report presents the findings from five Tax Compliance Cost Surveys (TCCS) financed by the World Bank undertaken between 2012 and 2023, the most recent being undertaken from February to August 2024....
Type: Working PaperReport#: 203954Date: August 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Global Regulations, Institutional Development, and Market Authorities Perspective
Toolkit (GRIDMAP) provides a Minimum Package of regulations and practices for emerging markets and developing economies...
Type: ReportReport#: 203965Date: August 22, 2025Author:
World Bank
As countries rapidly urbanize, settlements are expanding into hazardous flood zones. This analysis considers spatial urbanization patterns and the evolution of flood exposure between 1985 and 2020 in 55...
Type: ReportReport#: 203941Date: August 21, 2025Author:
Rentschler, Jun ;
Lemke, Jana ;
Avner, Paolo
The Western Balkans Labor Market Brief presents highlight of the SEE Jobs Gateway labor market observatory. This brief describes the development of key labor market indicators for those aged 15 to 64 in...
Type: BriefReport#: 203938Date: August 21, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report presents a comparative analysis of labor market outcomes for the Displaced Rohingya Population (DRP)1 in two distinct settlement contexts in Bangladesh: the long-established camps of Cox’s...
Type: ReportReport#: 203156Date: August 20, 2025Author:
World Bank
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
Rice is a staple crop for over half the world’s population, and accurate, timely information on its planted area and production is crucial for food security and agricultural policy, particularly in developing...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11194Date: August 20, 2025Author:
Özdogan, Mutlu ;
Wang, Sherrie ;
Ghose, Devaki ;
Fraga, Eduardo ;
Fernandes, Ana Margarida ;
Varela, Gonzalo J.
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 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:
Chattha, Muhammad Khudadad ;
Kawalec, Tobias
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
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