The Syrian Refugee Life Study (2020-2024) examines the
impacts of a randomized housing assistance program in
Jordan on both the economic outcomes of Syrian refugee
recipients and their social cohesion...
Type: BriefReport#: 197577Date: March 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Accurate measurement of intimate partner violence is challenging in face-to-face interviews due to concerns about anonymity and privacy, which can deter disclosure. In settings with high illiteracy, self-administered...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11077Date: March 3, 2025Author:
Iqbal,Nasir ;
Jalal,Amen ;
Mahmud,Mahreen ;
Kate Vyborny
This note presents the results of the analysis of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) compliance and policy gap estimates in Indonesia between 2016 and 2021. The study's objective is to...
Type: ReportReport#: 197554Date: March 2, 2025Author:
Rong Qian ;
Grzegorz Poniatowski
This report identifies the unique technological challenges and opportunities faced by various Azerbaijani communities when using digital tools and services, particularly in rural areas. The findings will...
Type: ReportReport#: 197555Date: March 2, 2025Author:
Erik Caldwell Johnson ;
Himmat Singh Sandhu ;
Ifeyinwa Bonhuer
The report presents an analysis of the adoption and implementation of accrual accounting in the public sector to explore its role in providing information on fiscal sustainability, informing economic analysis,...
Type: ReportReport#: 197561Date: March 1, 2025Author:
Bonnie Ann Sirois ;
Srinivas Gurazada
In the context of the global learning crisis, climate change, and increasing disasters, Physical Learning Environments (PLEs) can play an important role in increasing education outcomes globally, especially...
Type: ReportReport#: 197833Date: March 1, 2025Author:
Enrique Alasino ;
Angeles Martinez ;
Peter Stephen Barrett ;
Fernando Ramirez Cortes ;
Tigran Shmis ;
Janssen Teixeira
South Sudan’s socio-economic outcomes have worsened over the past decade due to recurrent conflicts, fragility, and macroeconomic mismanagement compounded by global economic and climate shocks. Even before...
Type: ReportReport#: 197920Date: March 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The fiscal deficit continued to decline in 2024 in line with the government’s fiscal consolidation program. Manufacturing activity picked up in January amid firm domestic demand despite weakness in electronic...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 200177Date: March 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This study examines service integration and case management practices for economic migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers, and returnees, focusing on examples from seven countries. It analyzes these interventions...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 197750Date: March 1, 2025Author:
Andrea Petrelli ;
Matthew Chase Martin ;
Francesco Cenedese ;
Ioanna Pantelaiou ;
Andrea Sitarova ;
Lucia Solbes Castro ;
Mauro Testaverde
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
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
This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ calendar for the period from March to May 2025, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 200202Date: March 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
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
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