This paper reviews the main findings from 113 studies produced between 1990 and 2023, focusing on the impact of migration on various child groups affected through the migration path, including left-behind,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10686Date: January 30, 2024Author:
Cortina Toro, Magdalena ;
Jimenez, Juan Miguel ;
Rozo Villarraga, Sandra Viviana
Recent calls on central banks and financial regulators to use the tools at their disposal to help mitigate the negative economic and social impacts of climate policies are based on several false analogies...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10685Date: January 30, 2024Author:
Calice, Pietro ;
Demekas, Dimitri G.
This report analyzes the distributional impacts of the main taxes and transfers on households’ welfare in the West Bank and Gaza. The analysis uses the Commitment to Equity methodology, enabling comparison...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10687Date: January 30, 2024Author:
Amjad, Beenish ;
Finn, Arden ;
Goldman, Maya Scott ;
Nunez, Haydeeliz Carrasco
This paper quantifies the impact of drought on household consumption for five main agroecological zones in Africa, developing vulnerability (or damage) functions of the relationship between rainfall deficits...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10683Date: January 29, 2024Author:
Baquie, Sandra ;
Calcutt, Evie ;
Gascoigne, Jon ;
Hill, Ruth ;
Kshirsagar, Varun Sridhar ;
Meenan, Conor ;
Skoufias, Emmanuel ;
Vinha, Katja Pauliina
Better managed firms perform better. Existing evidence has shown that family-managed firms have poorer management practices. Several reasons have been proposed. Limiting to family members reduces the talent...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10684Date: January 29, 2024Author:
Gatti, Roberta V. ;
Islam, Asif Mohammed
This memorandum provides the quarterly update of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD’s) lending rates and spreads pursuant to the standard loan pricing as defined in the Bank Policy...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 187560Date: January 29, 2024Author:
World Bank
Child marriage is recognized as a major burden in low-income countries, with severe consequences on women’s life trajectories. It is particularly pervasive in Niger, where middle school enrollment for...
Type: BriefReport#: 187400Date: January 27, 2024Author:
Giacobino, Hélène ;
Huillery, Elise ;
Michel, Bastien Pierre ;
Sage, Mathilde
Ecuador has made significant progress in the adoption of digital technologies over the past decade, with 60 percent of households now having access to the internet, a 28-percentage point increase from...
Type: ReportReport#: AUS0002748Date: January 27, 2024Author:
World Bank
This validation of the World Bank Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review (CLR) covers the period of the Country Partnership Framework (CPF), fiscal years FY19-22, and updated in the Performance and...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ValidationReport#: 187852Date: January 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Azerbaijan assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Azerbaijan perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 187905Date: January 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ updated calendar for the period from December 2023 to February 2024, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 187387Date: January 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
During the last decade Cambodia succeeded in achieving significant domestic resource mobilization which in turn enabled a rapid expansion of social spending. During the next decade it should shift from...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 186883Date: January 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This diagnostic provides an overview of the foundational identity ecosystem in Lebanon, which is composed of the civil registry and the national identification systems.
Type: ReportReport#: 189158Date: January 25, 2024Author:
Constantine, Nay ;
Pancheva, Slavina Evgenieva ;
Tullis, Christopher ;
Zaroubi, Mona Dit Tania
Investing in health is pivotal for enhancing a nation's human capital as a driver of productivity, long-term growth, and poverty reduction. Human capital consists of the knowledge, skills, and health people...
Type: ReportReport#: 187389Date: January 25, 2024Author:
Baidulloeva, Shakhlo ;
Latypova, Mutriba ;
Mirja Sjöblom ;
Neelsen, Sven
This paper discusses the application of the conceptual framework for potential revenue estimation using Indonesia’s existing macroeconomic indicators. The authors find that Gross Regional Domestic Product...
Type: ReportReport#: 187281Date: January 25, 2024Author:
Blum, Jurgen Rene ;
Chattha, Muhammad Khudadad ;
Ilman, Assyifa Szami
Finance for Development's (F4D’s) inaugural Annual report summarizing the key milestones and progress achieved during FY23. Over the past FY, the teams focused on operationalizing the program and establishing...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 187385Date: January 25, 2024Author:
World Bank
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