In this brief the authors combine granular climate data on flooding, drought and extreme heat, and district level food insecurity data and conflict data, to produce district level estimates of the number...
Type: BriefReport#: 197628Date: March 1, 2025Author:
Alia Jane Aghajanian ;
Steve Penson ;
Sandra Baquie ;
Chitra Balasubramanian ;
Alan Fuchs ;
Juul Pinxten
Clean hydrogen is emerging as a key component of the global transition to clean energy, offering a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. It can help boost energy security, improve air quality, and support...
Type: ReportReport#: 200080Date: March 1, 2025Author:
Wenxin Qiao ;
Binyam Reja ;
Rohan Shah
The fact that women who have the skills, experience, and ability to be considered for promotions opt out of competitions for promotion is not cost-free. It reduces the overall skillset in the pool of applicants....
Type: BriefReport#: 197832Date: March 1, 2025Author:
Ciro Avitabile ;
Ana Maria Munoz Boudet ;
Jonathan M.V. Davis ;
Renata Freitas Lemos
This paper highlights the World Bank Group’s (WBG) contributions and recommendations ahead to the Financing for Development agenda, focusing on its significant support to developing countries and the innovative...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 200179Date: March 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This policy note consolidates the highlights of a study funded by the Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP), exploring the role and operationalization of dynamic social registries in low-income...
Type: BriefReport#: 198047Date: March 1, 2025Author:
Luis Inaki Alberro Encinas ;
Sebastian Geschwind ;
Sarah Nirvana Patella
Croatia is at a critical demographic crossroads. Against a backdrop of an aging and declining population, Croatia is transitioning from a country of emigration to one increasingly relying on foreign workers,...
Type: ReportReport#: 200236Date: February 28, 2025Author:
Mauro Testaverde ;
Daniel Garrote Sanchez ;
Ana Budimir ;
Martin, Matthew C. ;
Mehta, Helly D. ;
Andrea Sitarova ;
Iva Tomic
Manufacturing returned to growth in December after weak external demand and extreme weather events reduced production in previous months. Firms consequently maintained positive production prospects on...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 197589Date: February 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report analyzes the CERCs which have been activated and implemented, identifying challenges and good practices, for fiscal years 2012 to 2023. The main objective of this quantitative and qualitative...
Type: ReportReport#: 197620Date: February 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Chad assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Chad perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and local...
Type: ReportReport#: 197888Date: February 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report summarized the findings from the implementation of the GEPD in Edo State, Nigeria. The GEPD is a tool designed to measure the drivers of learning outcomes in basic education globally. By spotlighting...
Type: ReportReport#: 197559Date: February 28, 2025Author:
Martin Elias De Simone ;
Scherezad Joya Monami Latif
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many school-age Ukrainians have sought refuge in other European countries, including Italy, raising the need to protect their human capital and integrate them into...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 197658Date: February 28, 2025Author:
Carlana, Michela ;
Gero Carletto ;
Quy-Toan Do ;
Mauro Testaverde ;
Marco Tiberti ;
Alberti, Lorenzo ;
Alexandra Avdeenko ;
Pauline Castaing ;
Marco Costantini ;
Levin, Ilai ;
Magnani, Marta ;
McSweeney, Lucy ;
Moreau, Gabriel Montreuil ;
Singh, Mannat
In spring 2024, the World Bank Group and the African Development Bank
launched an ambitious effort to connect 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by 2030. The subsequent M300 Africa Energy...
Type: BriefReport#: 200036Date: February 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
The report is organized into six main sections. The first section provides an overview of the context in Edo. Section two summarized the central interventions part of EdoBESST and how they are based on...
Type: ReportReport#: 197560Date: February 28, 2025Author:
Martin Elias De Simone
Oil price increases that began in late 2020 have led to a global proliferation of liquid fuel subsidies and price controls, as governments tried to reduce, redistribute, or delay the impact of rising and...
Type: ReportReport#: 197552Date: February 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
Sustainable development experts and policy makers expect carbon markets to drive climate
finance and help meet climate goals. Carbon pricing and carbon markets continue to evolve and
grow. New schemes...
Type: BriefReport#: 197669Date: February 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
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