The Global Water Security & Sanitation Partnership (GWSP) is the largest global think tank working across the full spectrum of water-related challenges in developing and emerging markets. The GWSP, launched...
Type: BriefReport#: 173646Date: July 5, 2022Author:
World Bank
The Word Bank’s South Asia Region Gender Innovation Lab has conducted an evidence review of findings from women’s economic empowerment (WEE) interventions with direct measures of intimate partner violence...
Type: BriefReport#: 173433Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Williams,Anaise Marie ;
Heise,Lori ;
Tas,Emcet Oktay
The Republic of Congo (ROC) has enacted an organic law requiring the preparation and execution of the government budget following the programmatic approach rather than the traditional line-item budgeting....
Type: BriefReport#: 183640Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Kasonde,Lombe ;
Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise ;
Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain ;
Verhaahe, Johan
The analysis of Fiscal space in the health sector allows us to identify and document the different opportunities and limitations of creating additional financial resources in the health sector without...
Type: BriefReport#: 183637Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Kasonde,Lombe ;
Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise ;
Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain
There is still a lack of health workers in the Republic of Congo (RoC) to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030. There is a significant variation in the proportion of staff on Payroll versus...
Type: BriefReport#: 183638Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Verhaahe, Johan ;
Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain ;
Kasonde,Lombe ;
Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise
The Republic of Congo government is making continuous efforts to improve the share of government expenditures going to health. After a steady decline in 2013, the share of government health expenditures...
Type: BriefReport#: 183639Date: July 1, 2022Author:
Wang Sonne,Soazic Elise ;
Kasonde,Lombe ;
Lepassa-Litedi,Aubain ;
Deme,Ousmane ;
Verhaahe, Johan
Over the past decade, Zambia’s gross domestic product (GDP) has been decreasing as a result of a devastating combination of external and domestic shocks. The country’s macroeconomic environment was weakened...
Type: BriefReport#: 186595Date: July 1, 2022Author:
De Andrade Falcao,Natasha ;
Mupuwaliywa,Mupuwaliywa
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, with the support from the World Bank, has launched the High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19 to track the impacts of the pandemic on a monthly basis for...
Childhood stunting, being too short for one’s age, is the result of chronic or recurrent undernutrition. Stunting poses a significant impediment to human development, with those affected facing long-term...
Type: BriefReport#: 173381Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Brinkman,Sally Anne ;
Sincovich,Alanna ;
Beteille,Tara ;
Danchev,Plamen Nikolov
This snapshot summarizes findings related to the impact of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Project on children’s early learning environments in Northern Lao PDR. Results reported include children for...
Type: BriefReport#: 173384Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Brinkman,Sally Anne ;
Sincovich,Alanna ;
Beteille,Tara ;
Danchev,Plamen Nikolov
Twenty-two studies from lower- and middle-income countries rigorously tested if an increase in access to childcare improved mothers’ labor force participation or earnings. All but one study found at least...
Type: BriefReport#: 174175Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Halim,Daniel Zefanya ;
Perova,Elizaveta ;
Reynolds, Sarah
Cash transfers and digital payments hold promise for women’s economic empowerment through their potential to enhance women’s privacy, financial autonomy, decision making and labor force participation....
Type: BriefReport#: 175950Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Donald,Aletheia Amalia ;
Hammond,Alicia Samantha ;
O'Donnell,Megan Elizabeth ;
Buvinic,Mayra Lourdes ;
Desai,Vyjayanti Tharmaratnam
In March and December 2020, Croatia was hit by series of earthquakes that caused substantial damage and losses to people, infrastructure, and the economy. In the aftermath, the World Bank supported the...
Type: BriefReport#: 176381Date: June 30, 2022Author:
World Bank
This snapshot summarizes results related to the impact of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Project on children’s developmental outcomes in Northern Lao PDR. Results presented include children who participated...
Type: BriefReport#: 173385Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Brinkman,Sally Anne ;
Sincovich,Alanna ;
Beteille,Tara ;
Danchev,Plamen Nikolov
This snapshot provides details regarding the instruments that have been adapted for the Laos context to measure the quality of children’s early environments and child development outcomes as part of the...
Type: BriefReport#: 173386Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Brinkman,Sally Anne ;
Sincovich,Alanna ;
Beteille,Tara ;
Danchev,Plamen Nikolov
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), with the support from the World Bank, officially launched the Uganda high frequency phone survey (UHFPS) to track the impacts of the Coronavirus disease...
Type: BriefReport#: 176548Date: June 30, 2022Author:
Atamanov, Aziz ;
Cochinard, Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor, John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Kilic, Talip ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini, Giulia
The Yemen Human Development Survey is the first face-to-face based dataset consisting of key development indicators representative of the Internationally Recognized Government (IRG) areas of Yemen since...
Type: BriefReport#: 173242Date: June 29, 2022Author:
World Bank
The business pulse survey (BPS) in Madagascar, conducted by the Madagascar National Statistical Agency (INSTAT) with technical and financial support from the World Bank, provides information to monitor...
The purpose of this document is to encourage and guide project teams (PIUs), Task Teams, government officials and civil society organizations (CSOs) involved in the implementation of World Bank-financed...
Type: BriefReport#: 173247Date: June 29, 2022Author:
World Bank
The proposed impact evaluation seeks to assess a WB-supported intervention that targets women livestock breeders in rural areas of Yemen to enhance their opportunities for employment, livelihoods generation,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173239Date: June 29, 2022Author:
World Bank
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