At 24.4 percent, Pakistan’s female labor force participation rate is among the world’s lowest. Female labor force participation is critical to promoting gender equality, development, and inclusive growth...
Type: ReportReport#: 197710Date: March 7, 2025Author:
Uzma Quresh ;
Zahra Mansoor ;
Maria Qazi ;
Hibah Tipu Sheikh
The 2024 Results and Performance of the World Bank Group report – also known as the RAP– is the fourteenth annual report in the series. The RAP series aggregates and interprets evidence on World Bank Group...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 196287Date: March 7, 2025Author:
World Bank
Businesses of the state (BOS) have regained the public debate in midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially as a source of resilience to shocks and a mechanism for technology development and diffusion....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11082Date: March 6, 2025Author:
Brolhato,Sara ;
Xavier Cirera ;
Antonio Soares Martins Neto
The Case for Cycling Infrastructure Investments presents CyclingMax, a cost-benefit analysis tool designed to assist decision-makers in evaluating investments in cycling infrastructure. The report highlights...
Type: ReportReport#: 197670Date: March 6, 2025Author:
Guo, Feng ;
Du, Jianhe ;
Kazuyuki Neki ;
Lama Bou Mjahed ;
Georges Bianco Darido ;
Wei Wang ;
Ana Waksberg Guerrini
This report builds on a joint WHO-World Bank initiative on budget execution challenges (described in more detail in Appendix 1). Following the introduction, section 2 provides an overview of core concepts...
Type: ReportReport#: 197671Date: March 6, 2025Author:
World Bank ;
World Health Organization
This report presents the Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA) related to the impact of the 2023–2024 conflict that affected Lebanon, conducted by the World Bank at the request of the Government of...
Type: ReportReport#: 197558Date: March 6, 2025Author:
World Bank
The new political context emerging from the May 2024 elections provides a unique opportunity for South Africa. The alignment of economic and political incentives, in the sense that improving the economy...
Type: ReportReport#: 197420Date: March 5, 2025Author:
World Bank
The objective of this assessment is to identify gender and social inclusion gaps with respect to equitable access to clean and modern energy in the Horn of Africa (HoA) borderlands, specifically in Djibouti,...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 197638Date: March 5, 2025Author:
Fowzia Hassan
In December 2022, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) redefined platforms as a mechanism for scaling new business development. This is an early-stage evaluation assessing IFC’s platforms approach...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 197066Date: March 5, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the past decades, India has developed at a scale and pace that few would have thought possible. From 2000 to today, in real terms, the economy has grown nearly four-fold, and GDP per capita has almost...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 197625Date: March 5, 2025Author:
World Bank
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significant potential to help drive economic development and poverty reduction in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). It can transform societies and help foster resilient,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 197623Date: March 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
Turkmenistan is a land-locked, upper-middle-income country with a state-dominated economy driven by natural gas exports. The economy relies largely on state-owned enterprises and has capital controls,...
Type: Country Engagement NoteReport#: CEN0000002Date: March 4, 2025Author:
World Bank
This study examines the complex relationships between rainfall shocks, agricultural productivity, and rural economic activity in Rajasthan, India’s largest state. Using district-level agricultural data...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11079Date: March 3, 2025Author:
Francis Addeah Darko ;
Akankshita Dey ;
Ritadhi,S. K.
The Subnational public finance report is the first in a series of World Bank reports that analyze local and regional government fiscal and financial developments in Croatia. The objective of this work...
Type: ReportReport#: 197576Date: March 3, 2025Author:
Josip Funda ;
Pedro Arizti ;
Iva Tomic ;
Alan Bobetko ;
Kunovac, Marina
This paper examines rural non-farm employment in Rajasthan, India, using multiple surveys and administrative data. The analysis covers three key aspects: individual and district-level determinants of participation...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11080Date: March 3, 2025Author:
Francis Addeah Darko ;
Akankshita Dey ;
Ritadhi,S. K.
Several factors contribute to the limited use of improved seed varieties in Ethiopia. Among those, on the supply side, is the restricted availability of seeds in the volume, quality, and timeliness required...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11078Date: March 3, 2025Author:
Dawit Kelemework Mekonnen ;
Abate,Gashaw T. ;
Yimam,Seid ;
Benfica,Rui ;
Spielman,David J. ;
Place,Frank
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