The Country Opinion Survey in the Dominican Republic assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in the Dominican Republic perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic...
Type: ReportReport#: 193948Date: October 8, 2024Author:
World Bank
Countries in the CEMAC region could strengthen their human capital by investing more in education, health and social assistance. A human capital index of between 0.27 and 0.46 suggests that residents of...
Type: BriefReport#: 193934Date: October 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper introduces a new method to identify output growth accelerations that integrates elements of both the “criteria-based” and “break-testing” approaches, which are prevalent in the literature. The...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10945Date: October 7, 2024Author:
Bram Gootjes ;
de Haan,Jakob ;
Kersten Kevin Stamm ;
Shu Yu
Financial deepening contributes to economic development, but its effect on the carbon intensity of production is an open empirical question. If banks finance investments in new, greener technologies, they...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10948Date: October 7, 2024Author:
Fisera,Boris ;
Martin Melecky ;
Dorothe Singer
A growing literature attributes gender inequality in labor market outcomes in part to the reduction in female labor supply after childbirth, the child penalty. However, if social norms constrain married...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10946Date: October 7, 2024Author:
Maurizio Bussolo ;
Jonah Matthew Rexer ;
Margaret Triyana
Climate change is increasing household exposure to extreme heat, floods and other natural disasters. This paper examines the differential exposure of poorer households to heat and floods in South Asia....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10947Date: October 7, 2024Author:
A. Patrick Behrer ;
Jonah Matthew Rexer ;
Siddharth Sharma ;
Margaret Triyana
The WBG Gender Strategy 2024-30 puts forward the bold ambition to accelerate gender equality to end poverty on a livable planet in alignment with the World Bank Group Evolution Roadmap. The strategy responds...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 191013Date: October 7, 2024Author:
World Bank
Blue Carbon ecosystems, as powerful carbon sinks, can play a vital role in this change by supporting economies, jobs, and livelihoods. For these reasons, the World Bank Group prepared the flagship report...
Type: ReportReport#: 193743Date: October 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
Blue Carbon encompasses the carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems, including mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass meadows, macroalgae (such as kelp), and benthic sediments, recognized for providing...
Type: ReportReport#: 193741Date: October 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Blue Carbon ecosystems, as powerful carbon sinks, can play a vital role in supporting economies, jobs, and livelihoods. For these reasons, the World Bank Group prepared the flagship report Unlocking Blue...
Type: ReportReport#: 193742Date: October 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) stand to gain significantly from better trading and maritime connections with the rest of the world. This is the case across the Caribbean, the Atlantic, Indian Ocean...
Type: ReportReport#: 193907Date: October 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
The pace of digitalization and automation has picked up since the internet emerged for the public three decades ago. Globalization has deepened and value chains lengthened. The logistics industry has harnessed...
Type: ReportReport#: 193908Date: October 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Global Challenge Program: Forests for Development, Climate, and Biodiversity (GCP-F) aims to catalyze a paradigm shift in financing global forest-related investments by mobilizing financing at scale...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193916Date: October 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
The rapid expansion of the digital economy has transformed the labor market, particularly through the rise of platform-based work. Despite the opportunities it brought into the lives of many workers, the...
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