This paper describes the state of informal sector work in urban Sub-Saharan Africa, using household surveys from 26 countries representing 61 percent of the population of Sub-Saharan Africa and firm surveys...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10703Date: February 14, 2024Author:
Cunningham, Wendy ;
Edochie, Ifeanyi Nzegwu ;
Newhouse, David ;
Ricaldi, Federica ;
Tchuisseu Seuyong, Feraud ;
Viollaz, Mariana
This brief highlights the key findings of a working paper that reviews the main findings of 113 studies produced between 1990 and 2023, focusing on the impact of migration on various child groups affected...
Type: BriefReport#: 187723Date: February 14, 2024Author:
Cortina Toro, Magdalena ;
Jiménez, Juan Miguel ;
Rozo Villarraga, Sandra Viviana ;
Rozo Villarraga, Sandra Viviana
An experiment using behavioral sciences significantly increased the number of applications to a natural resource management program from women in harder-to-reach localities, showing that rural women in...
Type: BriefReport#: 187703Date: February 13, 2024Author:
Afif, Zeina ;
Pons, Gonzalo Antonio ;
Reyes-Retana, Graciela ;
Siegmann, Katharina
Job quality can impact workers’ productivity and contribute to societal well-being. To analyze the evolution of job quality in Bolivia, this paper employs Bolivian household survey data spanning 2007 to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10702Date: February 13, 2024Author:
Canavire Bacarreza, Gustavo Javier ;
Cueva, Ronald A. ;
Davalos, Maria
This report aims to raise awareness of the challenges and opportunities associated with the use of fresh water and the reuse of water produced in oil and gas operations, with the view to support evidence-based...
Type: PublicationReport#: 187704Date: February 13, 2024Author:
Bertone, Francois ;
Eilen Arctander Vik ;
Einar H. Bandlien ;
Ekern, Ole Fredrik ;
Geoffrey Dyce ;
Johan Bernhard Siqueland Knudsen ;
Sander De Kruijf ;
Tordo, Silvana
The Committee on Development Effectiveness (CODE), open to all, met to consider the report entitled World Bank Group (WBG) Gender Strategy 2024-2030: Accelerate Gender Equality to end Poverty on a Livable...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 188117Date: February 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
The purpose of this note is to provide an updated overview of 1) the rationale for implementing sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes, 2) the impact of SSB taxes on prices, the demand for SSBs and substitutes,...
Type: BriefReport#: 186039Date: February 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
This article explores the links between conflict, land and indigenous peoples in several regions of Mindano, the Philippines, notorious for their levels of poverty and conflict. The analysis takes advantage...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10700Date: February 12, 2024Author:
Cuesta Leiva, Jose Antonio ;
Madrigal, Lucia ;
Somerville, Sergio Patrick
This Q&A was designed to provide detailed responses to commonly asked questions about what and how to tax when it comes to nutrition- related targets of excise taxes, including sugar-sweetened beverages,...
Type: BriefReport#: 186040Date: February 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global Alliance for Food Security (GAFS) mobilized widespread Partnership among Humanitarian-Development-Peace actors. World Bank and German G7 Presidency launched GAFS in May 2022 to catalyze an agile...
Type: ReportReport#: 187920Date: February 12, 2024Author:
World Bank
Working with the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) and Rwanda Polytechnic (RP), the World Bank in collaboration with Mastercard Foundation sponsored a project to analyze the level of implementation of e-Learning...
Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex effects on women’s labor dynamics. The paper studies a program that offers free bus rides for women in several Indian states...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10701Date: February 12, 2024Author:
Chen, Yutong ;
Cosar, Kerem ;
Ghose, Devaki ;
Mahendru, Shirish ;
Sekhri, Sheetal
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