Environmental degradation is the largest
public health challenge of the century and is likely to be
exacerbated by climate change. This study undertakes a
comprehensive...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10715Date: March 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Service Delivery Indicators (SDI)
health survey in Moldova serves as a vital tool forassessing
and benchmarking the performance of health service delivery.
Its primary...
Type: ReportReport#: 188075Date: March 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
What can be learned from the governance
trajectory of African countries since the beginning of the
21st century? What is the quality of governance on the
African continent...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10713Date: March 4, 2024Author:
Isser,Deborah Hannah ;
Raballand,Gael J. R. F. ;
Watts,Michael John ;
Zovighian,Diane
In the Gambia, very few children start
school with a high level of English, and nearly all speak a
variety of national languages. To support the development of
a long-term...
In major parts of the world, irrigation
development has reached its limits in terms of land and
water resources, as evident in the alarming overexploitation
of groundwater...
Type: ReportReport#: 188739Date: March 2, 2024Author:
Plusquellec, Hervé
This brief discusses results from the
survey of the youth population in Uganda using results from
the Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey (UHFPS). UHFPS has
been collected...
Type: BriefReport#: 188472Date: March 2, 2024Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Cochinard,Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor,John ;
Audrey Kemigisha ;
Andrew Mupere ;
Ponzini,Giulia
The March 2024 update to the Poverty and
Inequality Platform (PIP) involves several changes to the
data underlying the global poverty estimates. In particular,
some...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 188600Date: March 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Ensuring a safe environment for children
to learn is more than a mission for the WorldBank. It is an
urgent imperative. In large part, the success of our FCV
Strategy...
Type: BriefReport#: 189389Date: March 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Beginning in 2012, Ethiopia’s
first ever women-entrepreneur focused line of credit was
established through the Women Entrepreneurship Development
Project (WEDP)....
Type: BriefReport#: 188714Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Buehren,Niklas ;
Papineni,Sreelakshmi ;
Rawlins,Marlon Rolston ;
Weis,Toni Johannes
Cash transfers in general appear to be
more effective than in-kind transfers or vouchers at
improving a range of outcomes, including decreasing monetary
poverty, improving...
Type: BriefReport#: 191207Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Zimbabwe is a lower middle-income
country with abundant natural capital and growth potential,
but is highly exposed to climate change, with its immediate
ability to...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 187767Date: March 1, 2024Author:
De Waal,Dominick Revell ;
Ilieva,Stella
This report outlines updated reform
priorities for Thailand’s social and economic
development. While the Thailand 2016 Systematic Country
Diagnostic (SCD) remains...
Type: Systematic Country DiagnosticReport#: 188334Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Haiti is highly vulnerable to the
impacts of climate change due to its geographic location,
low economic development, and limited resources. The
country’s geographical...
Type: ReportReport#: 192428Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Frake,April Nicole ;
Boyer,Christopher Jacob ;
Iglesias Luzardo,Mikhael Gabriel ;
Flannery,Jessica Leete Werner ;
Rabary, Malanto
The Lebanon Country Climate and
Development Report (CCDR) aligns the country’s
short-term recovery needs with resilient, low-carbon,
long-term development, building...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 188143Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cash-transfer payment mechanisms abound
and have diversified greatly in recent years. Payments can
be made manually (in person) on a set schedule at a
brick-and-mortar...
Type: BriefReport#: 191203Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper provides conceptual
definitions and distinctions between formalization, worker
protection and productivity enhancement, and examines the
impact of social...
The World Bank developed the EdTech
Readiness Index (ETRI) to support countries in monitoring
the extent to which technology supports teaching and
learning processes...
Type: BriefReport#: 188649Date: March 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of
Statistics (UBOS), in collaboration with the World Bank,
officially launched the Uganda High Frequency Phone Survey
(UHFPS) to track...
Type: BriefReport#: 192574Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Atamanov,Aziz ;
Cochinard,Frederic Pierre Francois Hugue ;
Ilukor,John ;
Kemigisha, Audrey ;
Mupere, Andrew ;
Ponzini,Giulia
Female labor force participation in
Mashreq countries is notably low due to a range of
structural constraints that are further exacerbated by
gender norms. This knowledge...
Type: BriefReport#: 190786Date: March 1, 2024Author:
Qarout,Dana Ghazi Nabeeh ;
Lundvall,Jonna Maria ;
Nasr,Nour ;
Chatila,Mohamad
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