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
This report provides an overview of the legal, regulatory, and institutional frameworks of dam safety in Japan. The key objective is to share good practices and lessons learned from Japan with practitioners...
Type: ReportReport#: 203809Date: August 13, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report, Enhancing Aquaculture Sustainability with Innovations in Ecofriendly Aquafeeds, brings together a set of case studies and analyses designed to enable World Bank task team leaders (TTLs) and...
Type: ReportReport#: 203819Date: August 13, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report shows how to help advance the Blue Social Protection approach. It includes a list of key questions to ask, together with tables of methodologies and data sources that can help answer these...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 203822Date: August 13, 2025Author:
World Bank
The ongoing conflict has continued to undermine economic stability in the Palestinian
territories in the first quarter of 2025, placing renewed pressure on already severely strained public finances. Domestic...
Type: ReportReport#: 203778Date: August 12, 2025Author:
World Bank
This ninth edition of the GEU focuses on 'Running on a Treadmill - Diagnosing Ghana's Struggle to Turn Growth into Jobs and Opportunity. The analysis integrates previous macroeconomic and business performance...
Type: ReportReport#: 203776Date: August 12, 2025Author:
World Bank
Many developing cities are facing rapid population growth and extreme climate events. This paper examines the link between job accessibility and climate vulnerability, using data from Antananarivo, Madagascar,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11180Date: August 11, 2025Author:
Iimi, Atsushi
This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ calendar for the period from July to September 2025, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 203719Date: August 11, 2025Author:
World Bank
The paper reexamines how to measure job accessibility in environments with limited data availability and applies different methods to Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar. Job creation and accessibility...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11181Date: August 11, 2025Author:
Iimi, Atsushi
The extent to which women participate in the labor market varies greatly across the globe. If such differences reflect distortions that women face in accessing good jobs, they can reduce economic activity...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11184Date: August 11, 2025Author:
Goldberg, Penny ;
Gottlieb, Charles ;
Lall, Somik V. ;
Mehta, Meet ;
Peters, Michael ;
Ratan, Aishwarya Lakshmi
This paper examines the impact of trade promotion organizations on exports during the COVID-19 pandemic using a World Bank survey. The results suggest that increased trade promotion organization budgets...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11182Date: August 11, 2025Author:
Choi, Yewon ;
Fernandes, Ana Margarida ;
Grover, Arti ;
Iacovone, Leonardo ;
Olarreaga, Marcelo
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