Using a cluster-randomized trial, this
paper evaluates the impact of group-based interpersonal
therapy on mental health and human capital accumulation
among adolescent...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10849Date: July 10, 2024Author:
Baird,Sarah Jane ;
Ozler,Berk ;
Dell'Aira,Chiara ;
Parisotto,Luca ;
Us-Salam,Danish
The World Bank Group’s SWIFT
is a rapid poverty assessment tool that can produce accurate
household data in a timely, cost-effective and user-friendly
manner....
Type: BriefReport#: 192461Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group,
focuses on the private sector to promote growth, reduce
poverty, and improve people’s lives in developing
countries. IFC...
Type: BriefReport#: 192466Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Since 2020, many countries in
Sub-Saharan Africa have experienced disruptions to
agricultural activities due to the adverse effects of
multiple global crises. Notably,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10842Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Ambel,Alemayehu A. ;
Gourlay,Sydney ;
Kilic,Talip ;
Markhof,Yannick Valentin ;
Wollburg,Philip Randolph
The impacts of climatic shocks are
already being felt across Europe and are bound to intensify
in line with further climate change. Even rapid and
far-reaching progress...
Type: ReportReport#: 189810Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Housing is a basic human need, but rapid
urbanization, sub-standard construction, and lack of finance
contribute to the global crisis in housing, creating one of
the...
Type: BriefReport#: 192467Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Roy,Friedemann ;
Grayson,Douglas Deshazo
This paper evaluates the business
support programs deployed in the Kyrgyz Republic amid the
emergency triggered by the COVID-19 crisis from 2020 to
2022. This analysis...
Type: ReportReport#: 192457Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
has an extensive experience supporting and structuring
transportation projects in emerging markets, through project
finance,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192459Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Submarine cables enable international
connectivity and are essential for high-speed internet
access. This paper tests their potential to improve the
affordability of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10840Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Cariolle,Joël ;
Houngbonon,Georges Vivien ;
Silue,Tarna Abdoul Hamid ;
Strusani,Davide
International Finance Corporation (IFC),
a member of the World Bank Group, focuses on the private
sector to promote growth, reduce poverty, and improve
people’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 192465Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Kioko,Catherine Makanda ;
Hishigsuren,Gaamaa
In fiscal year (FY) 2023, 41 percent of
the World Bank Group financing had climate co-benefits,
compared to 36 percent in FY 2022. Actual climate
co-benefits in dollar...
Type: ReportReport#: 192448Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
In the first half of 2023, real economic
growth in the Kyrgyz Republic decelerated to 3.9 percent,
down from 6.3 percent in 2022, due to a decline in
remittance receipts...
Type: ReportReport#: 192458Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Dubashov,Bakyt ;
Gyulumyan,Gohar ;
David Stefan Knight ;
Marin Brownbridge
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
helps increase the availability and affordability of
financial services for individuals and micro, small, and
medium enterprises....
Type: BriefReport#: 192464Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Panajyan,Sona V.
Microfinance is an important tool to
improve livelihoods at the base of the pyramid. Access to
finance has proven to reduce poverty and enable the poor
build assets,...
Type: BriefReport#: 192468Date: July 9, 2024Author:
World Bank
Micronutrient deficiency, or hidden
hunger, remains a significant problem affecting more than 2
billion people globally. Consuming a diet that is diverse in
agricultural...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10841Date: July 9, 2024Author:
Friedson-Ridenour,Sophia ;
Pierotti,Rachael Susan ;
Springer,Emily Ann ;
Gebreyohannes,Alemgena
In the third year of implementation,
this midterm progress report on the World Bank1 Middle East
and North Africa (MENA) Climate Roadmap 2021–25
(hereafter, called...
Type: ReportReport#: 192445Date: July 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
At the April International Development
Association (IDA) 21 Second Replenishment Meeting,
Management presented the fourth annual implementation update
of the IDA’s...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 192442Date: July 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
This note uses transaction level customs
data for Chile and Colombia to provide insights into food
price transmission from global markets to import prices.
This is a...
Type: ReportReport#: 192432Date: July 5, 2024Author:
Von Uexkull,Jan Erik
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