In recent years, Myanmar has witnessed
considerable economic and political instability, leading
many young people, particularly the higher-skilled, to
consider migrating...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10878Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Ghorpade,Yashodhan ;
Imtiaz,Muhammad Saad ;
Han,Theingie
The Kenya Longitudinal Socioeconomic
Study of Refugees and Host Communities(K-LSRH) is the first
nationally comparable survey of registered refugees and
hosts inKenya,...
Type: BriefReport#: 193157Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper introduces a novel index to
measure public investment quality, utilizing the World
Bank’s investment project performance data from
120 countries over...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10877Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Adarov,Amat ;
Panizza,Ugo G.
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group,
has launched the Pacific MicrofinanceInitiative in
partnership with the Australian Government to improve access
to basic financial...
Type: BriefReport#: 193181Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
Kenya is one of the countries covered in
the World Bank Household Survey of Migrants in Africa. The
overall objective of the survey was to help improve the
understanding...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193167Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
A Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) is
a multi-step process that analyzes and estimates the total
sum of the direct and indirect impacts of proposed
activities on the...
Type: BriefReport#: 193168Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Locher, Helen ;
Staub, Carsten ;
Lazarus,Kate M.
Jurisdictions that rely on emissions
trading to control emissions often utilize other
environmental or energy policies as well, including policies
to support renewable...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10872Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Fischer,Carolyn ;
Qu,Chenfei ;
Goulder,Lawrence H.
After the manipulated elections of 2010
that saw the victory of the military backed Union Solidarity
and Development Party (USDP), the junta dissolved in 2011
and Thein...
Type: ReportReport#: 193146Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Minischetti,Elisa
To make the value proposition work for
retail agents, it is important to understand how the role
that an MFSP expects them to perform fits within the
agent’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 193148Date: August 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
While the concept of social
sustainability is growing in salience, there is little
consensus on how to measure it. This lack of an accepted
measure makes it harder to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10875Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Ballon Fernandez,Paola Marcela ;
Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio
Individuals’ socio-emotional
skills (SES), and their perceptions of their skill levels,
matter for labor market outcomes and other welfare outcomes.
Men appear...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10873Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Cassidy,Rachel ;
Das,Smita ;
Delavallade,Clara Anne ;
Kipchumba,Elijah Kipkech ;
Komba,Julietha
Protected areas can conserve wildlife
and benefit people when managed effectively. African
governments increasingly delegate the management of
protected areas to private,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10874Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Denny,Sean Martin ;
Englander,Aaron Gabriel Ratliffe ;
Hunnicutt,Patrick
While there is some regulation in place,
Israel’s restrictions and the dependency of
Palestine on the Israel Central bank and regulation pose a
huge barrier to...
Type: ReportReport#: 193156Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Biallas,Margarete O. ;
Qutob,Khaled Walid Mohammed ;
Malamund,Mati
There are many reasons why so many
mobile money launches have not met the high expectations set
by senior management. Often, the main success metric is
attaining a certain...
Type: BriefReport#: 193140Date: August 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper analyzes cycles in policy
interest rates in 24 advanced economies over
1970–2024, combining a new application of
business cycle methodology with rich...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10876Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Forbes,Kristin J. ;
Ha,Jongrim ;
Kose,Ayhan
The Kenya Longitudinal Socioeconomic
Study of Refugees and Host Communities(K-LSRH) is the first
nationally comparable survey of registered refugees and
hosts inKenya,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193157Date: August 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
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