The Country Opinion Survey in Burkina Faso helps the World Bank Group (WBG) better understand how stakeholders in Burkina Faso perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 193832Date: July 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
Among hydropower’s myriad benefits (e.g., greater energy security, reduced greenhouse gas emissions), this report focuses specifically on its socioeconomic benefits, and how governments can maximize them...
Type: ReportReport#: 190587Date: July 11, 2024Author:
Hallgrimsdottir, Elin ;
Pinnington, Stephanie Alexandra ;
Rai, Kavita
This paper presents evidence of the impact of a five-year package of interconnected interventions intended to improve learning environments in eight disadvantaged districts in Malawi. The intervention,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10845Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Asim, Salman ;
Gera, Ravinder Casley
The Iran Economic Monitor (IEM) provides an update on key economic developments and policies. It examines these economic developments and policies in a longer-term and global context and assesses their...
Type: ReportReport#: 192501Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Kazemi, Majid ;
Knippenberg, Erwin W. ;
Osman, Eiman ;
Zahedi, Razieh
Safety net programs have expanded around the world, with well documented impacts. This brief discusses how adaptive safety nets in the Sahel region can boost economic inclusion and resilience. It also...
Type: BriefReport#: 192481Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Premand, Patrick
The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes (ASL) Program is an integrated program funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and led by the World Bank. The ASL brings together seven countries: Bolivia, Brazil,...
Type: ReportReport#: 192520Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection provides a comprehensive overview of the International Finance Corporation's (IFC) global perspective and local presence in sustainable business, particularly in Latin America and...
Type: BriefReport#: 192491Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Germany - in a series of cautious steps has introduced immigration policy and legislation that have developed to be some of the most versatile and open toward foreign nationals willing to take up skilled...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192497Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Good road infrastructure decreases travel time and improves accessibility to urban areas. Improved rural-urban linkages could also affect rural employment through decreased time and travel costs. To study...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10847Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Pkhikidze, Nino
Teachers are one of the most important inputs for learning, but in many low-income countries they are poorly distributed between schools. This paper discusses the case of Malawi, which has introduced new...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10844Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Asim, Salman ;
Gera, Ravinder Casley ;
Moreno, Juan Martin ;
Wong, Kerry
Evidence from high-income countries suggests that the quality of school leadership has measurable impacts on teacher behaviors and student learning achievement. However, there is a lack of rigorous evidence...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10846Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Asim, Salman ;
Dercon, Stefan ;
Gera, Ravinder Casley ;
Harris, Donna
School closures from COVID-19 have resulted in large learning losses, from 0.05 to 0.17 standard deviations in high income countries, equivalent to two to six months of lost learning. However, the extent...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10843Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Asim, Salman ;
Bashir, Sajitha ;
Gera, Ravinder Casley
This paper examines how women’s fertility responds to increases in their earnings and household wealth, using six experiments conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa. Contrary to predictions that an increase in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10848Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Donald, Aletheia Amalia ;
Goldstein, Markus ;
Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia ;
Sage, Mathilde
Developments over the past few years, which include the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent polycrisis, conflict in several of Cameroon’s regions, and fiscal consolidation, have left Cameroon in an extremely...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 191135Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Tax revenue collection is essential to the state’s ability to address market failures, provide goods and services such as health and education, invest in infrastructure, stabilize the economy in response...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192069Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Choudhary, Rishabh ;
Ruch, Franz Ulrich ;
Skrok, Emilia
The need for financial services in South Asia is the greatest among those living in low-income, fragile, and frontier parts of the region. Improving access to finance for individuals and businesses in...
Type: ReportReport#: 192492Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Using a cluster-randomized trial, this paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation among adolescent girls in Uganda who were at risk...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10849Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Baird, Sarah ;
Dell'Aira, Chiara ;
Ozler, Berk ;
Parisotto, Luca ;
Us-Salam, Danish
The World Bank Group’s SWIFT is a rapid poverty assessment tool that can produce accurate household data in a timely, cost-effective and user-friendly manner. Developed by the Poverty and Equity Practice,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192461Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
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