This paper reviews how human capital is accumulated and used over the process of development. It highlights that differences in worker productivity are the byproducts of a wide variety of investments happening...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10891Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Rossi,Federico ;
Michael Weber
This paper characterizes economically optimal investments in Africa’s road network in partial and general equilibrium —based on a detailed topography of the network, road con-struction costs, frictions...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10893Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Sebastian Martin Krantz
This paper contributes to the discussion on Africa's pathways to economic transformation by examining the roles of trade patterns—specifically, South-South and North-South trade—focusing on intermediate...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10896Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Woubet Kassa ;
Ndubuisi,Gideon ;
Owusu,Solomon
The paper presents a methodology to generate experimental small area estimates of poverty in four West African countries: Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Niger. Due to the absence of recent census data in these...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10892Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Ifeanyi Nzegwu Edochie ;
David Newhouse ;
Tzavidis,Nikos ;
Schmid,Timo ;
Elizabeth Mary Foster ;
Hernandez,Angela Luna ;
Aissatou Ouedraogo ;
Aly Sanoh ;
Aboudrahyme Savadogo
The Committee on Development Effectiveness met to consider the IEG’s report confronting the learning crisis - lessons from World Bank (WB) support for basic education, 2012-22: an independent evaluation...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193856Date: September 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cambodia’s rapid economic growth in the past few decades has coincided with trade liberalization and structural transformation. This growth has been extensively associated with more employment, higher...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10895Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Kokas,Deeksha ;
Roche Rodriguez,Jaime Alfonso ;
Gladys Lopez-Acevedo ;
Robertson,Raymond ;
Wendy Karamba
Productivity growth in Brazil has not kept pace with developed and emerging economies, despite progress in achieving macroeconomic stability and implementing reforms in product and input markets. This...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10897Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Veloso,Fernando ;
Gabriel Roberto Zaourak
This report reviews Europe’s experience in spearheading CE policy. Its aim is not only to highlight its features and accomplishments, but also identify existing barriers to future progress and key measures...
Type: ReportReport#: 172899Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Andrea Liverani ;
Sameer Akbar ;
Jiyoun Christina Chang ;
Thomas Farole ;
Daria Taglioni ;
Etienne Raffi Kechichian ;
Arno Behrens
Depletion of groundwater is a major challenge in India. This paper examines how a major rural public works program (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act of 2005) that financed the construction...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10886Date: September 3, 2024Author:
A. Patrick Behrer ;
Pullabhotla,Hemant
How redistributive are fiscal policies in China? This paper applies the standard fiscal incidence analysis to data from the China Family Panel Study 2018 to study the effect of government taxes and spending...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10887Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Maria Ana Lugo ;
Lustig,Nora ;
Veronica Sonia Montalva Talledo ;
Sailesh Tiwari ;
Wang,Yang
This paper uses microdata from the Labor Force and Household Surveys conducted in Afghanistan to show the wage premium differences for education between men and women, documenting a significantly larger...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10888Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Rafiuddin Najam ;
Patrinos,Harry Anthony ;
Raja Bentaouet Kattan
This paper studies telework as an opportunity to increase women’s labor force participation in Mexico. Using data on the availability and use of information technology in households, the paper models women’s...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10889Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Gabriela Inchauste ;
Mariel Cecilia Siravegna
Poverty maps are a useful tool for targeting social programs on areas with high concentrations of poverty. However, a static focus on poverty ignores its temporal dimension. Thus, current nonpoor households...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10890Date: September 3, 2024Author:
Oscar Eduardo Barriga Cabanillas ;
Thomas Bossuroy ;
Paul Andres Corral Rodas ;
Carlos Rodriguez Castelan ;
Emmanuel Skoufias
While financial sector risks in the larger and higher per capita countries are moderate, half of lower-income countries face significant risks over the next 12 months. Nearly 70 percent of countries facing...
Type: PublicationReport#: 193302Date: September 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Country Partnership Framework (CPF) sets out the strategic priorities of the World Bank Group (WBG) for supporting Suriname’s ambition for a just society in which its values are fulfilled. The high-level...
Type: Country Partnership FrameworkReport#: 187648Date: September 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Addressing energy poverty is paramount for economic development, given its close connection to income poverty. Research indicates that lower-income households are disproportionately affected by energy...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 193481Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Monica Robayo ;
Jonathan George Karver ;
Britta Laurin Rude ;
Ailin Tomio ;
Silvestri, Alessandro ;
Kiyomi E. Cadena
Maintaining human capital during old age requires both an adequate pension (cash component) as well as access to affordable quality healthcare (healthcare component). Lack of universal/affordable healthcare...
Type: ReportReport#: 193519Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Gustavo Demarco ;
Johannes Koettl ;
Miglena Abels ;
Petrelli, Andrea
Indonesia is exposed to both climate change transition risks and physical risks. With primary energy supply heavily dominated by fossil fuels, like many other countries, and as a major exporter of coal...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 194500Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Michaela Mei Dolk ;
Ou Nie ;
Feliz Sunthiem (IMF)
Rice is a crucial staple food globally, but its cultivation demands significant land and water resources and contributes to over 10 percent of human-induced methane emissions. Sustainable rice production...
Type: ReportReport#: 195044Date: September 1, 2024Author:
Bottriell, Kathleen ;
Heather Renee Oh ;
Alan Johnson ;
Josefina Maiztegui ;
Jessica Camilli Bluestein
Group Internal Audit (GIA) is supporting the World Bank Group’s Evolution Roadmap by focusing on our FY22-26 Strategy, which provides the tools for them to assess if the World Bank Group’s control environment...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 193561Date: September 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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