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
This report explores the key issues relating to women’s employment in Azerbaijan and offers recommendations to policymakers and companies for tackling gender-based occupational segregation in the labor...
Type: ReportReport#: 194169Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Kurshitashvili, Nato ;
Mustafayeva, Shamsiyya ;
Mammadov, Tural ;
Mynbayeva, Jans ;
Kelly, Sam ;
Newitt, Kirsten
Ecuador is a middle-income country with abundant agricultural, oil, mineral, and hydropower resources and a challenging fiscal situation. Ecuador is already facing severe consequences from climate-induced...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 193430Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Maintaining human capital during old age requires both an adequate pension (cash component) as well as access to affordable quality healthcare (healthcare component). Lack of universal/affordable healthcare...
Type: ReportReport#: 193519Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Abels, Miglena ;
Demarco, Gustavo ;
Koettl, Johannes ;
Petrelli, Andrea
Addressing energy poverty is paramount for economic development, given its close connection to income poverty. Research indicates that lower-income households are disproportionately affected by energy...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 193481Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Cadena, Kiyomi E. ;
Karver, Jonathan George ;
Robayo, Monica ;
Rude, Britta Laurin ;
Silvestri, Alessandro ;
Tomio, Ailin
Indonesia is exposed to both climate change transition risks and physical risks. With primary energy supply heavily dominated by fossil fuels, like many other countries, and as a major exporter of coal...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 194500Date: September 1, 2024Author:
(IMF), Feliz Sunthiem ;
Dolk, Michaela Mei ;
Nie, Ou
Rice is a crucial staple food globally, but its cultivation demands significant land and water resources and contributes to over 10 percent of human-induced methane emissions. Sustainable rice production...
Group Internal Audit (GIA) is supporting the World Bank Group’s Evolution Roadmap by focusing on our FY22-26 Strategy, which provides the tools for them to assess if the World Bank Group’s control environment...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 193561Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are among the major health and development challenges of our time. Every year, about 41 million people die due to NCDs. This makes up about 74 percent of all deaths globally,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193504Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Al Tuwaijri, Sameera Maziad ;
Alleyne, George ;
Isenman, Paul ;
Jha, Prabhat ;
Saadat, Seemeen ;
Veillard, Jeremy
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