Social safety nets are among the most widely studied interventions. More than 15,000 studies published between 2000 and 2024. There have been over 50 systematic reviews summarizing impact studies. There...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 196137Date: March 13, 2025Author:
World Bank
This study analyzes the direct effects and local spillovers of a low-cost multifaceted economic inclusion program through a randomized controlled trial in Chad. The intervention included group savings...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11084Date: March 12, 2025Author:
Patrick Premand ;
Pascale Schnitzer
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector finds itself at a pivotal moment while propelling digital transformation across the globe, it is also contributing to climate change. In almost...
The Listening to the Citizens of Uzbekistan Survey (L2CU) has been conducted for 6 years since 2018 monthly, with the support of the UK Government. The L2CU monitored socio-economic indicators and citizens’...
Type: BriefReport#: 192566Date: March 11, 2025Author:
Ikuko Uochi
This report is a review of GRADEs conducted since 2015, and GRADE’s efficiency, comparative advantage through detailed analysis, and future. First, the GRADE approach and how it has been used and evolved...
Type: ReportReport#: 197754Date: March 11, 2025Author:
World Bank
Viet Nam’s real GDP growth reached 7.1 percent in 2024, driven by a strong rebound in exports, outpacing most regional peers. External demand strongly rebounded in 2024 after a contraction in 2023. Final...
The Country Opinion Survey in Zambia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Zambia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
Type: ReportReport#: 197790Date: March 11, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Zambia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Zambia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
Type: ReportReport#: 197790Date: March 11, 2025Author:
World Bank
Bangladesh was one of the world’s most populous countries, with an estimated 165 million people in 2020. The country enjoyed relatively high and stable growth in the past two decades, accompanied by rapid...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 200097Date: March 11, 2025Author:
World Bank
Are firms adapting to climate change? This paper studies this question by combining geocoded World Bank Enterprise Survey data with spatially granular weather data to estimate temperature response functions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11081Date: March 10, 2025Author:
Claudia N. Berg ;
Bettarelli,Luca ;
Furceri,Davide ;
Ganslmeier,Michael ;
Arti Grover ;
Megan Elizabeth Lang ;
Marc Tobias Schiffbauer
The representation and significance of women in the labor force have grown significantly over the past five decades around the globe. Using nationally representative data from more than 90 countries, this...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11083Date: March 10, 2025Author:
Chiplunkar,Gaurav ;
Tatjana Kleineberg
Liberia is one of the poorest countries, ranking 180th out of the 190 countries in the World Bank’s development database. Based on the national poverty line, 59 percent of Liberians were poor in 2016,...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 197709Date: March 8, 2025Author:
World Bank
This note examines the effective income tax rates of top earners in Honduras,
using a novel approach that links personal and corporate income tax data.
This comprehensive income measure, achieved through...
Type: ReportReport#: 197707Date: March 7, 2025Author:
Thiago Scot ;
Pierre Bachas ;
Santiago Cesteros ;
Tatiana Flores ;
Gabriel Oqueli ;
Edgardo Enrique Espinal Hernandez ;
Wilman Alonso Ponce Nuñez ;
Sahira Rocio Canales Licona
This volume is an Overview of the 2024 Results and Performance of the World Bank Group report – also known as the RAP– the fourteenth annual report in the series. The RAP series aggregates and interprets...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 196287Date: March 7, 2025Author:
World Bank
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