The DRC CO collected information across
10 rounds about respondents’ self-reported food
insecurity. Results presented use self-reported hunger due
to the lack...
Type: ReportReport#: 185105Date: December 20, 2023Author:
World Bank
Can effective policy implementation
change political selection by inducing voters to prioritize
leader competence over other traits, such as gender? This
paper answers...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10654Date: December 20, 2023Author:
S Anukriti ;
Calvi,Rossella ;
Chakravarty,Abhishek
The document collection focuses on the
International Development Association's financial
policy and framework, as well as development financing and
policy implementation....
Type: Board ReportReport#: 187938Date: December 20, 2023Author:
World Bank
This policy brief addresses the impact
of climate migration on urban areas, emphasizing the need
for research and data, and collaborative multilevel
governance to support...
Type: BriefReport#: 193091Date: December 19, 2023Author:
Rosengärtner, Sarah Katharina ;
De Sherbinin,Alexander Michael ;
Stojanov,Robert
The loss of human life, livelihoods, and
assets as a result of disasters is on the rise. In 2021,
more than 2.8 million people in Africa were affected by
floods. In...
Type: ReportReport#: 186582Date: December 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
This paper provides new evidence on the
macroeconomic impact of cash transfers in developing
countries. Using a Bartik-style identification strategy, the
paper documents...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10652Date: December 19, 2023Author:
Galego Mendes,Arthur ;
Miyamoto,Wataru ;
Nguyen,Thuy Lan ;
Pennings,Steven Michael ;
Feler,Leo
Early investments in education were key
to the remarkable economic development of East Asia and
Pacific. Basic literacy and numeracy equipped farmers to
adopt new seeds...
Type: PublicationReport#: 186553Date: December 19, 2023Author:
Afkar,Rythia ;
Beteille,Tara ;
Breeding,Mary E. ;
Linden,Tobias ;
Mattoo,Aaditya ;
Pfutze,Tobias ;
Sondergaard,Lars M. ;
Yarrow,Noah Bunce
The “Comprehensive Assessment
of the Childcare Landscape in Lebanon: A Mixed Methods
Study” analyzes the supply and demand of formal
childcare services...
The Umbrella Facility for Gender
Equality supports evidence, better gender data, private
sector and country driven solutions to help governments and
companies invest...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 186566Date: December 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
Jordan’s real growth
registered 2.4 percent in 2022 and has accelerated to 2.7
percent in H1-2023, compared to a pre-COVID-19 (2012-2019)
average of 2.4 percent....
Type: ReportReport#: 186520Date: December 19, 2023Author:
Youssef,Hoda ;
Oraby,Ramy Ibrahim Farag ;
Farid Sammy,Sarah Sammy
This paper examines the evolution of
Colombian women's participation in the labor market
from 1960 to 2018, shedding light on the complex factors
that influence their...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10653Date: December 19, 2023Author:
Iregui-Bohórquez,Ana María ;
Melo-Becerra,Ligia Alba ;
Ramírez-Giraldo,María Teresa ;
Tribin Uribe,Ana Maria ;
Zárate-Solano,Héctor M.
The global agrifood system can no longer
deliver the triple wins of a healthy planet, healthy people,
and healthy economies. The current system is associated with
high...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 186554Date: December 19, 2023Author:
Gill,Joshua ;
Elabed,Ghada ;
Guerrero Escobar,Santiago ;
Pernechele, Valentina ;
Yerovi, Juan José Egas ;
Fontes, Francisco Pereira ;
Mas Aparisi,Alban Pablo
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has shown that
public health emergencies can have devastating impacts on
health and essential health services, education,
inequalities, and economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 172936Date: December 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
The World Bank GFDRR team engaged Azavea
to aid them in the creation of a machine learning algorithm
that would enable them to predict tree canopy cover in two
African...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 186586Date: December 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven the
impact public health emergencies have on economic growth,
poverty reduction, and health system organization. The
measured and unmeasured...
Type: ReportReport#: 172936Date: December 19, 2023Author:
World Bank
This paper assesses the performance of
Romanian state-owned enterprises with various degrees of
ownership (minority owned with 10 to 24.9 percent stakes,
minority owned...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10649Date: December 18, 2023Author:
Dauda,Seidu ;
Pop,Georgiana ;
Iootty De Paiva Dias,Mariana
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