In recent years, Myanmar has witnessed considerable economic and political instability, leading many young people, particularly the higher-skilled, to consider migrating abroad for improved prospects....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10878Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Ghorpade, Yashodhan ;
Han, Theingie ;
Imtiaz, Muhammad Saad
The Myitnge River Basin Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) has been commissioned by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as part of its activities to promote environmentally sustainable renewable...
Type: BriefReport#: 193171Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Lazarus, Kate M. ;
Locher, Helen ;
Staub, Carsten
The Kenya Longitudinal Socioeconomic Study of Refugees and Host Communities
(K-LSRH) is the first nationally comparable survey of registered refugees and hosts in
Kenya, offering a unique opportunity to...
Type: BriefReport#: 193157Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper introduces a novel index to measure public investment quality, utilizing the World Bank’s investment project performance data from 120 countries over 2000–21. After detailing the construction...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10877Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Adarov, Amat ;
Panizza, Ugo
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, has launched the Pacific Microfinance
Initiative in partnership with the Australian Government to improve access to basic financial services, particularly for women,...
Type: BriefReport#: 193181Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
Kenya is one of the countries covered in the World Bank Household Survey of Migrants in Africa. The overall objective of the survey was to help improve the understanding of the impact of migration and...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193167Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
A Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) is a multi-step process that analyzes and estimates the total sum of the direct and indirect impacts of proposed activities on the environment, and on communities....
Type: BriefReport#: 193168Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Lazarus, Kate M. ;
Locher, Helen ;
Staub, Carsten
Jurisdictions that rely on emissions trading to control emissions often utilize other environmental or energy policies as well, including policies to support renewable energy and reduce energy consumption....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10872Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Fischer, Carolyn ;
Goulder, Lawrence H. ;
Qu, Chenfei
The Kenya Longitudinal Socioeconomic Study of Refugees and Host Communities
(K-LSRH) is the first nationally comparable survey of registered refugees and hosts in
Kenya, offering a unique opportunity to...
Type: ReportReport#: 193157Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
After the manipulated elections of 2010 that saw the victory of the military backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), the junta dissolved in 2011 and Thein Sein was elected as president. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 193146Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Minischetti, Elisa
To make the value proposition work for retail agents, it is important to understand how the role that an MFSP expects them to perform fits within the agent’s existing business. Fit is particularly important...
Type: BriefReport#: 193148Date: August 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
Individuals’ socio-emotional skills (SES), and their perceptions of their skill levels, matter for labor market outcomes and other welfare outcomes. Men appear to have higher levels of SES than women,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10873Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Cassidy, Rachel ;
Das, Smita ;
Delavallade, Clara ;
Kipchumba, Elijah ;
Komba, Julietha
While the concept of social sustainability is growing in salience, there is little consensus on how to measure it. This lack of an accepted measure makes it harder to monitor progress toward sustainable...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10875Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Ballon Fernandez, Paola Marcela ;
Cuesta Leiva, Jose Antonio
Protected areas can conserve wildlife and benefit people when managed effectively. African governments increasingly delegate the management of protected areas to private, non-governmental organizations,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10874Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Hunnicutt, Patrick ;
Denny, Sean ;
Englander, Gabriel
While there is some regulation in place, Israel’s restrictions and the dependency of Palestine on the Israel Central bank and regulation pose a huge barrier to mobile banking. The mobile money sector is...
Type: ReportReport#: 193156Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Biallas, Margarete O. ;
Malamund, Mati ;
Qutob, Khaled Walid
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