Around the world, the talents and
aspirations of hundreds of millions of young people are lost
in a fog of unemployment, with few accessible quality jobs
in sight. Youth...
Digital technology is transforming the
organization and location of production, and thus the
futureof work. It risks widening the gap between richer and
developing countries,...
This note describes briefly how the
Piloting Community Approaches in Conflict Situation (CACS)
Project currently operates. As a learning activity, the
project was designed...
Type: BriefReport#: 117181Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Tansanguanwong,Pamornrat ;
Chockanapitaksa,Poonyanuch
Blockchain is an exciting new technology
that may prove to be a radical innovation - similar to
technologies such as the steam engine and the Internet that
triggered...
Type: BriefReport#: 118734Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Niforos, Marina
Blockchain is an innovative new
technology with the power to disrupt existing economic and
business models, as discussed in EMCompass note 40.
Blockchain also has enormous...
Type: BriefReport#: 118735Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Niforos, Marina
In much of the world, today’s young
people are failing to realize their aspirations. Youth
unemployment rates hover around historical highs and
hundreds of millions...
Around the world, the talents and
aspirations of hundreds of millions of young people are lost
in a fog of unemployment, with few accessible quality jobs
in sight. Youth...
The Financial Services Authority of
Indonesia (OJK) introduced OJK regulation number
21/POJK.04/2015 concerning the implementation of the
corporate governance guideline...
Type: BriefReport#: 121267Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Razook,James Christopher ;
Chaudhry,Mohsin Ali
In Nepal, researchers supported by the
World Bank's Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund worked
with the government to develop a program to inform pregnant
women and mothers...
Type: BriefReport#: 117762Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Berman,Daphna ;
Marcus,Aliza
Most women farmers in developing
countries engage in subsistence agriculture. Previous
research highlights a variety of barriers hindering women’s
ability to participate...
Type: BriefReport#: 117351Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Montalvao,Joao ;
Frese,Michael Dr. ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Kilic,Talip
This note analyzes the role of credit
information in firms’ access to finance using a credit
constraint variable from World Bank Enterprise Surveys and
credit information...
Type: BriefReport#: 117973Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Chavez Sanchez,Edgar Ivan
In the developing world, far too many
people lack access to basic financial services,including
insurance. This makes it even harder to escape from poverty,
as unanticipated...
Type: BriefReport#: 122320Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Holliday,Susan Claire
Mangroves and other coastal ecosystems
act as natural defenses to reduce the risks from flooding,
erosion and natural disasters. Yet the value of these
habitats is often...
Good policies are necessary but
insufficient for delivering high quality public services.
Building organizations capable of implementing increasingly
complex policies...
Type: BriefReport#: 117146Date: July 1, 2017Author:
Woolcock,Michael
SABER Service Delivery (SABER SD) is a
new initiative built upon SABER policy and implementation
tools and the World Bank’s Service Delivery Indicators
(SDI), which...
SABER-EPS research in Lagos found that
access to primary education is not yet universal and that
enrolments at the secondary level are very low. This report
presents...
Type: BriefReport#: 119789Date: June 30, 2017Author:
Inuwa,Abubakar Tata
Each day, more than 41,000 girls
worldwide are married while still children, often before
they may be physically and emotionally ready to become wives
and mothers. Child...
Type: BriefReport#: 116830Date: June 27, 2017Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Yedan,Ali ;
Edmeades, J.
The evidence base has long demonstrated
that girls' education is among the most significant
factors associated with age at marriage, with an extensive
body of literature...
Type: BriefReport#: 116831Date: June 27, 2017Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Nguyen,Minh Cong ;
Yedan,Ali ;
Edmeades, J.
The brief summarizes results from an
analysis of the impacts of child marriage on a few selected
health outcomes, specifically early childbirths, maternal
mortality...
Type: BriefReport#: 116834Date: June 27, 2017Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Onagoruwa,Adenike Opeoluwa ;
Savadogo,Aboudrahyme ;
John,A. ;
Petroni,S.
The brief summarizes results from an
analysis of the impacts of child marriage on women's
work (specifically, labor force participation and type of
work held), earnings...
Type: BriefReport#: 116835Date: June 27, 2017Author:
Wodon,Quentin T. ;
Savadogo,Aboudrahyme ;
Kes,A.
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