This paper reports the results of two-year randomized control trials in two poor rural areas of Bangladesh. Treatment arms included monthly cash transfers, monthly food rations of equivalent value to the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 201092Date: May 23, 2024Author:
Ahmed Akhter ;
Hoddinott John ;
Roy Shalini
Reform of formal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is urgently needed in most low- and middle-income countries. Demographic trends, coupled with higher rates of students completing...
Type: ReportReport#: 183938Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Levin,Victoria ;
Santos,Indhira Vanessa ;
Weber,Michael ;
Iqbal,Syedah Aroob ;
Ashwani Aggarwal ;
Comyn,Paul John ;
Katayama,Hiromichi ;
Hoftijzer,Margo A.
Reform of formal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) is urgently needed in most low- and middle-income countries. Demographic trends, coupled with higher rates of students completing...
Type: ReportReport#: 183938Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Levin,Victoria ;
Santos,Indhira Vanessa ;
Weber,Michael ;
Iqbal,Syedah Aroob ;
Ashwani Aggarwal ;
Comyn,Paul John ;
Katayama,Hiromichi ;
Hoftijzer,Margo A.
The document collection discusses the vulnerability of a country to climate change, highlighting the human, social, and economic costs associated with extreme weather events. It also outlines the government's...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192416Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
What drives citizen’s trust in state institutions? There are longstanding debates on the pathways towards institutional trust: is trust driven by citizen’s perceptions of policy outcomes or by their perceptions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10783Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Zovighian,Diane ;
Cloutier,Mathieu ;
Bove,Abel Paul Basile
As the conduit between power demand and supply, the utilities that operate the world's transmission and distribution networks will be the critical link in the energy transition. Utilities will need to...
Type: ReportReport#: 190500Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Somalia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Somalia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 190557Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Somalia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Somalia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 190557Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper provides one of the first estimates of elasticities of substitution across suppliers within the same product. This paper estimates these elasticities using new real-time administrative tax data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10782Date: May 22, 2024Author:
Fujiy,Brian C. ;
Ghose,Devaki ;
Khanna,Gaurav
The Country Opinion Survey in Chile assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Chile perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
Type: ReportReport#: 190556Date: May 22, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection focuses on the measurement of monetary poverty, with a specific emphasis on welfare measurement, consumption aggregate, price adjustments, household size and composition, poverty...
This paper provides an assessment of the fiscal and social impacts resulting from the fuel price adjustments undertaken in 2022. The note lays out policy options and their potential fiscal and social impacts...
A randomized controlled trial in Pakistan tests whether one-on-one engagement with community religious leaders can encourage them to instruct congregants to follow government regulations. Treated religious...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 192812Date: May 21, 2024
Economic zone programs are generally pursued to improve firms' performance within discrete areas by removing the constraints firms face. Whether or not they succeed in doing so is an empirical question....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10781Date: May 21, 2024Author:
Rami Mikko Ahmed Galal
The document collection discusses the virtual decision review meeting held to assess the Emergency Preparedness and Response Diagnostic and Investment Plan under the Support to Somalia Recovery and Resilience...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 190634Date: May 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
Algeria’s growth was robust in 2023, and inflation started to decelerate. GDP growth accelerated to 4.1 percent, supported by hydrocarbon sector growth, as natural gas production compensated for successive...
Type: ReportReport#: 190476Date: May 21, 2024Author:
Cyril Desponts ;
Amel Henider ;
Daniel Prinz
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