Zambia’s private sector must
deliver quality jobs at scale to keep up with its expanding
working age population, contribute to economic
transformation, and reduce...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10756Date: April 18, 2024Author:
Simbeye,Laban ;
Lungu,Eliya ;
Kumwenda,Andreya ;
Banda,Edna ;
Msoni,Jonathan ;
Kuo,Ryan Chia
Guidance on designing and implementing
school grants (both uncondition al and conditional) is
crucial. This note, while not a comprehensive guide on
school grants, contains...
Countering COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
has been a challenge in Saudi Arabia, one of the countries
affected most by the pandemic in the Eastern Mediterranean
Region. Aims:...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 189324Date: April 18, 2024Author:
Lim,Jungkyu Rhys ;
Moscoe,Ellen Elizabeth ;
Ada Alqunaibet ;
Pinzon Hernandez,Daniel Alejandro ;
Amaal Alruwaily ;
Chatila,Mohamad ;
Rasha Alfawaz ;
Zoratto,Laura De Castro ;
Afif,Zeina ;
Vakis,Renos ;
Berq J Hadi Al-Yasseri ;
Alsukait,Reem Fahad M ;
Nguyen,Son Nam ;
Herbst,Christopher H.
Pakistan is highly vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change, with extreme events frequently
resulting in fiscal shocks for the economy. An estimated
population of...
Type: ReportReport#: 189382Date: April 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Bhutan
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding
how stakeholders in Bhutan perceive the WBG. It provides
the WBG with...
Type: ReportReport#: 192796Date: April 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
Amidst noticeable improvements and
achievements in the reproductive, maternal, neonatal, child
health, and nutrition (RMNCH-N) landscape in Bangladesh,
existing evidence...
Type: ReportReport#: 189321Date: April 18, 2024Author:
Gopalan,Saji Saraswathy ;
Mohammed-Roberts,Rianna L. ;
Zanetti Matarazzo,Hellen Chrystine
This edition of the Macro Poverty
Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts
and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators
for the developing...
Type: ReportReport#: 188860Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
This edition of the Macro Poverty
Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts
and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators
for the developing...
Type: ReportReport#: 188860Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
Significant progress in the
international debt agenda has been achieved in recent
months. The Global Sovereign Debt Roundtable (GSDR) has
contributed to this progress...
Type: ReportReport#: 189308Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper conducts a correspondence
study to assess demand for soft skills in the context of
hiring discrimination in Malaysia. No evidence of
gender-based discrimination...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10755Date: April 17, 2024Author:
Valencia,Christian ;
Janzen,Sarah Ann ;
Ghorpade,Yashodhan ;
Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti
The coexistence of several definitions
of green jobs and measurement instruments gives room for
mismatches between those concepts and their application to
research questions....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10753Date: April 17, 2024Author:
Granata,Julia ;
Posadas,Josefina
This report is part of a World Bank
review of state-owned enterprise (SOE) governance practices
in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The focus
on governance...
Economic growth is expected to rebound
in Sub-Saharan Africa, supported by increased private
consumption and declining inflation in 2024. However, this
positive outlook...
Type: ReportReport#: 189043Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
GDP growth is expected to be 2.7 percent
in 2024, following a contraction in 2023 due to adverse
climatic events, social unrest, and weak business
confidence. Poverty...
Type: BriefReport#: 188914Date: April 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
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