Zambia’s private sector must deliver quality jobs at scale to keep up with its expanding working age population, contribute to economic transformation, and reduce poverty. This entails both the creation...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10756Date: April 18, 2024Author:
Simbeye,Laban ;
Lungu,Eliya ;
Kumwenda,Andreya ;
Banda,Edna ;
Msoni,Jonathan ;
Kuo,Ryan Chia
Guidance on designing and implementing school grants (both uncondition al and conditional) is crucial. This note, while not a comprehensive guide on school grants, contains a small subset of practical...
Type: BriefReport#: 189314Date: April 18, 2024Author:
Juan Baron ;
Jessica D. Lee ;
Tamagnan,Marie
Countering COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has been a challenge in Saudi Arabia, one of the countries affected most by the pandemic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Aims: To identify information needs,...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 189324Date: April 18, 2024Author:
Lim,Jungkyu Rhys ;
Moscoe,Ellen Elizabeth ;
Ada Alqunaibet ;
Pinzon Hernandez,Daniel Alejandro ;
Amaal Alruwaily ;
Chatila,Mohamad ;
Rasha Alfawaz ;
Zoratto,Laura De Castro ;
Afif,Zeina ;
Vakis,Renos ;
Berq J Hadi Al-Yasseri ;
Alsukait,Reem Fahad M ;
Nguyen,Son Nam ;
Herbst,Christopher H.
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, with extreme events frequently resulting in fiscal shocks for the economy. An estimated population of 49 million is residing in areas at...
Type: ReportReport#: 189382Date: April 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Bhutan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Bhutan perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 192796Date: April 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
Amidst noticeable improvements and achievements in the reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child health, and nutrition (RMNCH-N) landscape in Bangladesh, existing evidence suggests that further accelerated...
Type: ReportReport#: 189321Date: April 18, 2024Author:
Gopalan,Saji Saraswathy ;
Mohammed-Roberts,Rianna L. ;
Zanetti Matarazzo,Hellen Chrystine
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the Latin America...
Type: ReportReport#: 188860Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of Sub-Saharan Africa....
Type: ReportReport#: 188860Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
Significant progress in the international debt agenda has been achieved in recent months. The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) has contributed to this progress by providing a platform to advance...
Type: ReportReport#: 189308Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper conducts a correspondence study to assess demand for soft skills in the context of hiring discrimination in Malaysia. No evidence of gender-based discrimination is found, including in science,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10755Date: April 17, 2024Author:
Valencia,Christian ;
Janzen,Sarah Ann ;
Ghorpade,Yashodhan ;
Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti
Spatial isolation is considered to be one of the main determinants of poverty. Therefore, many transport investments are undertaken with the stated objective of poverty reduction. This paper evaluates...
This report is part of a World Bank review of state-owned enterprise (SOE) governance practices in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The focus on governance is motivated by research pointing...
Type: ReportReport#: 189294Date: April 17, 2024Author:
Colvin, James ;
Peter Farup Ladegaard
The coexistence of several definitions of green jobs and measurement instruments gives room for mismatches between those concepts and their application to research questions. This paper first presents...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10753Date: April 17, 2024Author:
Granata,Julia ;
Posadas,Josefina
Economic growth is expected to rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa, supported by increased private consumption and declining inflation in 2024. However, this positive outlook remains fragile due to uncertain...
Type: ReportReport#: 189043Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
The political crisis: the coup d’état, followed by sanctions and a severe reduction in financing, together with weak agriculture production, is estimated to have lowered GDP growth in 2023 to 1.2 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 189002Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
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