Fintech innovations are widespread, yet their application in health is limited. The use of mobile money has grown exponentially in Africa. By the end of 2018, almost 400 million registered mobile money...
Type: BriefReport#: 197005Date: February 3, 2025Author:
Moritz Piatti-Funfkirchen ;
Collins Chansa ;
Matthew Thomas Hulse ;
Arlette Nyembo
Migration in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is growing in importance, shaped by workers seeking opportunities abroad and governments implementing policies to meet skills needs and stimulate economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 197004Date: February 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Access to finance and equal economic opportunities are crucial for female entrepreneurs, fostering business growth and economic participation. Drawing on interviews with key stakeholders involved in the...
For the first time, this report looks comprehensively at the evolution of inequality and mobility in Malaysia over the last two decades and into the post-Covid era, as well as what drives these trends....
Type: ReportReport#: 196309Date: February 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Performance based financing (PBF) has introduced significant changes to how providers are
paid. With PBF the provider is established as its own budget holder and is reimbursed based on
the level and...
Type: ReportReport#: 196996Date: February 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
How can Zimbabwe create the necessary fiscal space to absorb quasi-fiscal expenditures, reverse its upward trend in public debt, and support macroeconomic stability? Zimbabwe is faced with an unsustainable...
Type: ReportReport#: 197511Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Croatia faces two key labor market challenges: a shortage of labor and the inadequate skills of its existing workforce. These challenges are being shaped by global megatrends, namely, demographic, green,...
Type: ReportReport#: 200274Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Iva Tomic ;
Andrea Sitarova ;
Kevwe Sylvester Pela ;
Ana Budimir ;
Matic, Lea Karla ;
Mauro Testaverde
This paper examines parental benefits in Argentina, focusing on their role in addressing gender inequality and labor market challenges during pregnancy and post-childbirth. Drawing on the International...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 197190Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Ludovica Cherchi ;
Himanshi Jain
Engaging teaching has emerged as a key approach to fostering children’s socio-emotional and cognitive skills. This policy note draws on findings of a recent comparative study on the LEGO Foundation’s Engage,...
Type: BriefReport#: 197556Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Diego Luna Bazaldua ;
Emma Carter
This study compares two tools used to observe and assess how teachers support student learning: the LEGO Foundation’s Engage tool, formerly PLAY, and the World Bank’s Teach Primary tool. The goal was to...
Type: ReportReport#: 197557Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Diego Luna Bazaldua ;
Emma Jane Carter
The labor market situation for Croatian women has improved significantly over the past decade, approaching the averages observed across the European Union (EU). Nevertheless, employment rates for young...
Type: ReportReport#: 200273Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many school-age Ukrainians have sought refuge in other European countries, including Italy, raising the need to protect their human capital and integrate them into...
Type: ReportReport#: 197538Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Carlana, Michela ;
Gero Carletto ;
Quy-Toan Do ;
Mauro Testaverde ;
Marco Tiberti ;
Alberti, Lorenzo ;
Alexandra Avdeenko ;
Pauline Castaing ;
Marco Costantini ;
Levin, Ilai ;
Magnani, Marta ;
McSweeney, Lucy ;
Moreau, Gabriel Montreuil ;
Singh, Mannat
Reducing communicable diseases is a key plank of development infrastructure, and little effort is required to build a strong public health system in India, within its existing administrative structures...
Type: ReportReport#: 200699Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Monica Das Gupta
This report assesses the current performance of tourism in the Caribbean and, in light of the new trends, identifies future pathways and policies for sustainable growth in three targeted segments. These...
Type: ReportReport#: 197431Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE) is a key driver of global efforts to advance gender equality in low- and middle-income countries by investing in data, evidence, and solutions that scale....
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 196980Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The EnABLE Quarterly Newsletter provides the latest updates from the EnABLE Trust Fund, and related work on social inclusion and gender equity. This issue presents highlights of activities from October...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 197525Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Red Sea crisis has emerged as a critical flashpoint of the conflict in the Middle East, upending global trade and maritime transport, port activity in the MENA region, and ecological balance of the...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 197215Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Zeljko Bogetic ;
Luan Zhao ;
Daria Ulybina ;
Joanne Matossian ;
Andres Chamorro ;
Sahiti Sarva ;
Yahui Zhao ;
Weijian Li
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