South Asia, a region of immense cultural
and geographical diversity and economic vitality, is also
confronted with significant disaster risk management (DRM)
challenges....
Type: ReportReport#: 192503Date: July 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
Various efforts have been made to
comprehensively assess agricultural policies in countries
worldwide using diverse methodologies, including some
generated by several...
Type: ReportReport#: 192518Date: July 11, 2024Author:
Rosada Villamar,Tomas Ricardo ;
Peña, Héctor ;
Popat,Meizal Nazir ;
García-Rivero, Guzmán
The Country Opinion Survey in Burkina
Faso helps the World Bank Group (WBG) better understand how
stakeholders in Burkina Faso perceive the WBG. It provides
the WBG...
Type: ReportReport#: 193832Date: July 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
Among hydropower’s myriad
benefits (e.g., greater energy security, reduced greenhouse
gas emissions), this report focuses specifically on its
socioeconomic benefits,...
Type: ReportReport#: 190587Date: July 11, 2024Author:
Hallgrimsdottir,Elin ;
Pinnington,Stephanie Alexandra ;
Rai,Kavita
This review of the World Bank
Group’s (WBG) Completion and Learning Review
(CLR) covers the period of the Country Partnership Framework
(CPF), fiscal years (FY)...
Type: CPF Completion and Learning Review ValidationReport#: 192594Date: July 11, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper presents evidence of the
impact of a five-year package of interconnected
interventions intended to improve learning environments in
eight disadvantaged districts...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10845Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Asim,Salman ;
Gera,Ravinder Madron Casley
The Iran Economic Monitor (IEM) provides
an update on key economic developments and policies. It
examines these economic developments and policies in a
longer-term and...
Type: ReportReport#: 192501Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Kazemi Najaf Abadi,Majid ;
Zahedi,Razieh ;
Osman,Eiman Adil Mohamed ;
Knippenberg,Erwin Willem Yvonnick Leon
Safety net programs have expanded around
the world, with well documented impacts. This brief
discusses how adaptive safety nets in the Sahel region can
boost economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 192481Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Premand,Patrick
The Amazon Sustainable Landscapes (ASL)
Program is an integrated program funded by the Global
Environment Facility (GEF) and led by the World Bank. The
ASL brings together...
Type: ReportReport#: 192520Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection provides a
comprehensive overview of the International Finance
Corporation's (IFC) global perspective and local
presence in sustainable business,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192491Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Germany - in a series of cautious steps
has introduced immigration policy and legislation that have
developed to be some of the most versatile and open toward
foreign...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192497Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Good road infrastructure decreases
travel time and improves accessibility to urban areas.
Improved rural-urban linkages could also affect rural
employment through decreased...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10847Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Pkhikidze,Nino
Teachers are one of the most important
inputs for learning, but in many low-income countries they
are poorly distributed between schools. This paper discusses
the case...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10844Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Asim,Salman ;
Gera,Ravinder Madron Casley ;
Moreno,Juan Martin ;
Wong,Kerry Lai Man
Evidence from high-income countries
suggests that the quality of school leadership has
measurable impacts on teacher behaviors and student learning
achievement. However,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10846Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Asim,Salman ;
Gera,Ravinder Madron Casley ;
Harris,Donna Oretha ;
Dercon,Stefan
School closures from COVID-19 have
resulted in large learning losses, from 0.05 to 0.17
standard deviations in high income countries, equivalent to
two to six months...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10843Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Asim,Salman ;
Bashir,Sajitha ;
Gera,Ravinder Madron Casley
This paper examines how
women’s fertility responds to increases in their
earnings and household wealth, using six experiments
conducted in Sub-Saharan Africa....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10848Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Donald,Aletheia Amalia ;
Goldstein,Markus P. ;
Koroknay-Palicz,Tricia ;
Sage,Mathilde
Developments over the past few years,
which include the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent
polycrisis, conflict in several of Cameroon’s
regions, and fiscal consolidation,...
Type: Public Expenditure ReviewReport#: 191135Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
Tax revenue collection is essential to
the state’s ability to address market failures,
provide goods and services such as health and education,
invest in infrastructure,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 192069Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Choudhary,Rishabh ;
Ruch,Franz Ulrich ;
Skrok,Emilia
The need for financial services in South
Asia is the greatest among those living in low-income,
fragile, and frontier parts of the region. Improving access
to finance...
Type: ReportReport#: 192492Date: July 10, 2024Author:
World Bank
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