Learning Poverty shows the extent of the learning crisis by focusing on the share of children who don’t learn to read with comprehension by age 10. Children who are
Learning Poor are not able to reach...
Type: BriefReport#: 193424Date: September 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report presents the findings from a national energy survey conducted in Rwanda in June 2022, which followed up on an inaugural energy survey conducted in 2016. The survey captured the status of access...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 193362Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Choi, Hyun Jin ;
Koo, Bonsuk
Examining one of the world’s largest public business support programs, this paper studies how subsidized credit and partial credit guarantees shape access to finance for micro and small businesses in Indonesia....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10894Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Alibhai, Salman ;
Johnson, Hillary C. ;
Niang, Cecile Thioro ;
Strobbe, Francesco
Rwanda is among the fastest growing economies in Africa. This growth aligns with the Rwandan government’s goal of transitioning the country from an agricultural-based economy to one driven more by industry...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 193367Date: September 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper reviews how human capital is accumulated and used over the process of development. It highlights that differences in worker productivity are the byproducts of a wide variety of investments happening...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10891Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Rossi, Federico ;
Weber, Michael
This paper characterizes economically optimal investments in Africa’s road network in partial and general equilibrium —based on a detailed topography of the network, road con-struction costs, frictions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10893Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Krantz, Sebastian Martin
This paper contributes to the discussion on Africa's pathways to economic transformation by examining the roles of trade patterns—specifically, South-South and North-South trade—focusing on intermediate...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10896Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Kassa, Woubet ;
Ndubuisi, Gideon ;
Owusu, Solomon
The paper presents a methodology to generate experimental small area estimates of poverty in four West African countries: Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Niger. Due to the absence of recent census data in these...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10892Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Edochie, Ifeanyi Nzegwu ;
Foster, Elizabeth Mary ;
Hernandez, Angela Luna ;
Newhouse, David ;
Ouedraogo, Aissatou ;
Sanoh, Aly ;
Savadogo, Aboudrahyme ;
Schmid, Timo ;
Tzavidis, Nikos
The Committee on Development Effectiveness met to consider the IEG’s report confronting the learning crisis - lessons from World Bank (WB) support for basic education, 2012-22: an independent evaluation...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193856Date: September 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cambodia’s rapid economic growth in the past few decades has coincided with trade liberalization and structural transformation. This growth has been extensively associated with more employment, higher...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10895Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Karamba, Wendy ;
Kokas, Deeksha ;
Lopez-Acevedo, Gladys C. ;
Robertson, Raymond ;
Roche Rodriguez, Jaime Alfonso
Productivity growth in Brazil has not kept pace with developed and emerging economies, despite progress in achieving macroeconomic stability and implementing reforms in product and input markets. This...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10897Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Veloso, Fernando ;
Zaourak, Gabriel Roberto
This report reviews Europe’s experience in spearheading CE policy. Its aim is not only to highlight its features and accomplishments, but also identify existing barriers to future progress and key measures...
Type: ReportReport#: 172899Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Akbar, Sameer ;
Behrens, Arno ;
Chang, Jiyoun Christina ;
Farole, Thomas ;
Kechichian, Etienne Raffi ;
Liverani, Andrea ;
Taglioni, Daria
Depletion of groundwater is a major challenge in India. This paper examines how a major rural public works program (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005) that financed the construction...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10886Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Behrer, A. Patrick ;
Pullabhotla, Hemant
How redistributive are fiscal policies in China? This paper applies the standard fiscal incidence analysis to data from the China Family Panel Study 2018 to study the effect of government taxes and spending...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10887Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Lugo, Maria Ana ;
Lustig, Nora ;
Montalva Talledo, Veronica Sonia ;
Tiwari, Sailesh ;
Wang, Yang
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:
Bentaouet Kattan, Raja ;
Najam, Rafiuddin ;
Patrinos, Harry Anthony
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:
Inchauste, Gabriela ;
Siravegna, Mariel Cecilia
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:
Barriga Cabanillas, Oscar Eduardo ;
Bossuroy, Thomas ;
Corral Rodas, Paul Andres ;
Rodriguez Castelan, Carlos ;
Skoufias, Emmanuel
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
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