Extreme weather events are increasingly disrupting schooling. Yet, these are underrepresented in the climate change literature. Of 15 review articles on the economic impacts of climate change published...
South Africa has made significant strides in advancing quality early learning. The country is implementing a National Development Plan (NDP), with improvement in the provision of quality Early Childhood...
Type: BriefReport#: 189072Date: April 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
Reforms in the Lithuanian food and agriculture sector started rather early, parallel with the struggle for independence. The country initiated a transition program in the food and agriculture sector to...
Type: ReportReport#: 189035Date: April 8, 2024Author:
Csaki, Csaba ;
Meyers, William H. ;
Natalija Kazlauskiene
The Basel Core Principles (BCP) assessment was conducted in Panama City, Panama, from January 17 to February 6, 2023. This assessment of the implementation of the BCPs by the Superintendency of Banks of...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 189022Date: April 6, 2024Author:
Ball, Alan Frederick ;
Wilson, Christopher Lindsay
This note reviews the economic literature and empirical research on the drivers and effects
of secondary market liquidity in the corporate securities markets. The choice of this topic was
driven by the...
Type: ReportReport#: 189020Date: April 6, 2024Author:
Bebczuk, Ricardo ;
Carvajal, Ana Fiorella
Years of conflict have deepened the Yemeni economy’s longstanding reliance on cash. The country’s underdeveloped formal banking and financial infrastructure hinders credit intermediation, and most economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 194269Date: April 5, 2024Author:
Adda, Enagnon Ernest Eric ;
Aeschlimann, Alain ;
Almoayad, Safa Ali Qassim ;
Filippo, Mario di ;
Grandvoinnet, Helene ;
Hart, Ailsa Katherine ;
Kotti, Randy ;
Mare, Davide Salvatore ;
Moheieldin, Yomna Aboubakr Mohamed ;
Pinxten, Juul ;
Plaza, Sonia
Geographical factors have largely been ignored by those trying to explain the record of persistently low economic growth in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). The study described in this report has...
Type: PublicationReport#: 188923Date: April 5, 2024Author:
Ianchovichina, Elena
This guide presents the Landscape Governance Assessment Tool (LGAT) and the Decision Support System (DSS). It is intended for people addressing a variety of problems linked to forested landscapes, such...
Type: ReportReport#: 188957Date: April 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
Dominica, a small island developing state (SIDS), faces economic challenges and climate vulnerability. Post-pandemic recovery is strong, driven by tourism, infrastructure, and agriculture, though high...
Type: BriefReport#: 188900Date: April 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic growth in the Western Balkans slowed to 2.6 percent in 2023, from the 3.4 percent reached in 2022, reflecting the impact of a weak European economy weighed down by sequential shocks. Overall,...
Type: ReportReport#: 188979Date: April 5, 2024Author:
Record, Richard ;
Rossi, Isolina ;
Rovo, Natasha
With only 16 years remaining to achieve Uganda’s Vision 2040, the digital transformation of the land sector is critical to accelerating social well-being and economic growth. Uganda has made notable progress...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 188928Date: April 5, 2024Author:
Coote, Andrew Maurice ;
Hughes, Ailey Keith Kaiser ;
Orlova, Nadege ;
Qasim, Qursum
Understanding the economic costs attributable to unhealthy diets is crucial to inform health and agrifood investments in low- and middle-income countries experiencing nutrition transition. To review the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10747Date: April 4, 2024Author:
Carter, Diana ;
Dizon, Felipe Jr Fadullon ;
Fracassi, Patrizia ;
Horton, Susan E. ;
Kato, Tomoko ;
Seow, Ti Kian ;
Shibata Okamura, Kyoko ;
Siekmans, Kendra
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of the Middle East and...
Type: ReportReport#: 188860Date: April 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Fiscal incidence analysis helps in understanding who contributes to and benefits from the fiscal system, and assessing the impact of fiscal policies in reducing poverty and inequality. Traditionally, the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10745Date: April 4, 2024Author:
Takeuchi, Laura Rodriguez ;
Wai-Poi, Matthew ;
Woodham, Jeffrey
This study proposes a novel way of modeling the heterogeneous effects of schooling based on the notion that learning is maximized when the skill of the child matches the complexity of the learning experiences...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 197046Date: April 4, 2024Author:
Castro, Juan F. ;
Villacorta, Lucciano
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