A growing body of evidence finds that cash transfers reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) in various contexts, even when the cash transfer was not designed to do so. The effects are comparable with standalone...
Credit infrastructure is a critical enabler of a responsible credit system, benefiting both lenders and borrowers while contributing to financial inclusion and stability. It encompasses the set of institutions,...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 194526Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Montes, Fredesvinda Fatima
The World Bank developed the EdTech Readiness Index (ETRI) to support countries in monitoring the extent to which technology supports teaching and learning processes within traditional school environments...
Type: BriefReport#: 188648Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
In 2023, growth in the Pacific islands (PIC-11) decelerated but remained robust at 5.5 percent—about two and a half times the long-term average. Fiji’s output surpassed pre-pandemic levels in 2023 despite...
Type: ReportReport#: 188091Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Mongolia is the 18th largest country by area but one of the least densely populated, with slightly over two people per sq. km. Mongolia is affected by floods, extremes of temperature, severe winter events...
Type: ReportReport#: 195702Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
To help policy makers make practical programmatic design choices, this series summarizes recent literature on cash transfers and explains how the design of cash transfer programs can affect outcomes. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 191205Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Action, Innovations for Poverty ;
World Bank
Studies from 2016 on demonstrate that the impact of cash transfers varies based on duration, depending on whether they are distributed over a short (24 months or less) or long (more than 24 months) period....
Type: BriefReport#: 191201Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Action, Innovations for Poverty ;
World Bank
Improvements in the health outcomes of women, young girls, and children will be key to Rwanda attaining three of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) focused on good health and wellbeing (SDG3),...
Type: BriefReport#: 189375Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Akala, Francisca Ayodeji ;
Gordillo-Tobar, Amparo Elena ;
Prata, Neia ;
Serpa, Nataliya De Francisco
This report examines how Indonesia assesses the impacts and needs of households affected by disasters and uses that information to provide Social Protection support to these disaster affected households....
Type: ReportReport#: 191940Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The strategic development of Kalamata has been focused on two main areas: the restoration of the city's historic urban core and the revitalization of its waterfront, with recent efforts emphasizing the...
Type: ReportReport#: 193798Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Cohen, Ilan Albert Andre ;
Dutu, Mihai ;
Goliath, Gary ;
Venter, Carli
Cabo Verde, an archipelagic small island developing state, is endowed with an economic geography that poses both challenges and opportunities. Prior to 1991, the economy of Cabo Verde was largely sustained...
Type: Country Private Sector DiagnosticsReport#: 188299Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Andrade, Rodrigo ;
Benkirane, Zineb ;
Chamberlain, Amy Jane ;
Jorge, Miguel Angel ;
Jorge, Sonia ;
Martins, Ricardo David De Castro ;
McKenna, Miles ;
Navarrete Moreno, Cristina
The main objective of this study is to assess the performance of Cambodia’s tertiary education system in terms of equitable access, labor market relevance, and research output, and to provide policy recommendations...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0003389Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Bhatta, Saurav Dev ;
Heng, Somphospheak ;
Katwal, Saurav ;
Lauri Pynonnen ;
Salmi, Jamil
This report documents the progress that Pakistanhas made so far in improving its systems fordelivering social protection to its people. Thegovernment has increasingly relied on dataand technology to increase...
Type: ReportReport#: 188024Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Guven, Melis U. ;
Jamy, Gul Najam ;
Zaineb, FNU
This assessment overcomes these limitations to develop a holistic analysis of poverty in Yemen. It is possible to use data on key areas, such as food security and other forms of vulnerability, paired with...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 188071Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
In a growing number of countries international migration has a significant impact on the population size and structure this is both true for sending and receiving countries. Despite this fact most population...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193223Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Buettner, Thomas ;
Muenz, Rainer
The supplementary information in this document contains a more detailed account of data, methods and results developed in the KNOMAD Working Paper No 59, Th. Buettner, R. Muenz. 2024. “The Impact of Migration...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193224Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Buettner, Thomas ;
Muenz, Rainer
The purpose of this report is to present a detailed description of the model build as part of the assignment to undertake a flood hazard modelling and mapping exercise for the city of Ulaanbaatar and a...
Type: ReportReport#: 195701Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Zimbabwe’s economy is strongly correlated to water resources as is evident from the close relationship between rainfall and GDP. The country receives limited and highly variable amounts of rainfall with...
Type: ReportReport#: 190418Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Based on nearly 40 years of data collected by the International Finance Corporation (IFC), this report offers a comprehensive analysis of default rates for the IFC corporate loan portfolio. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 190877Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cabo Verde’s economy has recovered well from the significant challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the pandemic highlighted the country’s inherent vulnerabilities, which include the economy’s heavy...
Type: ReportReport#: 190957Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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