The global rise of non-standard forms of
employment (NSE) and gig work creates opportunities and
challenges for the labor market and requires public policy
responses...
Zambia needs to increase productivity
and accelerate economic transformation to achieve sustained
and inclusive growth. Zambia’s debt resolution
and ongoing reforms...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 190559Date: June 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Concept Paper forms part of the
World Bank’s assistance to the Government of Lao
PDR for participation in international carbon markets. The
immediate assistance...
Type: ReportReport#: 191441Date: June 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global food and nutrition insecurity has
been increasing, with 258 million people across 58 countries
classified as acutely food insecure, posing significant
challenges...
Type: ReportReport#: 191270Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
The World Bank is strengthening its
collaboration and partnerships with the rest of the
international development community as part of its efforts
to become a better...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 191091Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Banking on Women Who Trade Across
Borders highlights the need for gender equality in
international trade and trade finance, emphasizing its
importance for sustainable...
Type: ReportReport#: 190870Date: June 4, 2024Author:
Louat,Nathalie ;
Ragoussis,Alexandros ;
Schnabel,Jessica A. ;
Toyoda,Makiko
This short note is based on a survey
conducted in one of the largest microwork platforms and
supplemented by data scraping from the same platform. Using
descriptive...
Type: ReportReport#: 190796Date: June 4, 2024Author:
Nigatu,Natnael Simachew ;
Iacob,Nadina Alexandra ;
Datta,Namita
Expanding women’s employment
in the private sector is imperative to increase female labor
force participation in Mashreq countries. This knowledge
brief identifies...
Type: BriefReport#: 190889Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Accurate trade data remain central for
empirical investigations of international trade and informed
formulation of trade policies. However, discrepancies in
trade reporting,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10792Date: June 4, 2024Author:
Mitikj,Sonja ;
Kaushik,Siddhesh Vishwanath
When companies support their employees
to balance their childcare responsibilities with their work
obligations, there are many benefits. IFC commissioned a
study on...
Type: BriefReport#: 190871Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
The study, ‘Digitalizing
Value Chain Payments for Small Holder Farmers in
Ethiopia’ aimed to develop a comprehensive
understanding of financial flows and...
Type: ReportReport#: 190873Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global evidence is mounting that more
gender diversity in banking, including having more women in
leadership, leads to better outcomes for organizations,
their employees,...
Type: ReportReport#: 190880Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Multilateral Development Banks and
Development Finance Institutions (collectively referred to
herein as MDBs) that make up the MDB Task Force on Mobilizatio
Type: ReportReport#: 190869Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
This study explores the intersection
between climate governance and gender diversity and
inclusion (gender D&I) in companies based in emerging
markets and developing...
Type: BriefReport#: 190875Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Global evidence is mounting that more
gender diversity in banking, including having more women in
leadership, leads to better outcomes for organizations,
their employees,...
Type: ReportReport#: 190881Date: June 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Arab Republic of Egypt is the 24th
largest carbon dioxide emitter from fossil fuel combustion
in the world and the third largest emitter in the Middle
East and North...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10791Date: June 4, 2024Author:
Timilsina,Govinda R. ;
Sebsibie,Samuel
This study was commissioned by the
International Finance Corporation (IFC) to identify
opportunities that foster the financial inclusion of the
community of Forcibly...
Type: ReportReport#: 190874Date: June 4, 2024Author:
Bower,Jeffrey ;
Rodrigues Franco,Amanda Thais ;
Haddad Mussa Aebi,Alexandre ;
Garcia Tafur,Ricardo Martin
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