Between December 4 and 7, 2023, the
World Bank Group conducted a series of consultations on the
proposed World Bank Group Gender Strategy 2024-2030 in Peru.
These discussions...
Type: BriefReport#: 192218Date: December 7, 2023Author:
World Bank
Zimbabwe’s economy has seen a
strong rebound since the COVID-19 pandemic. While fiscal
deficits are low, initial expansionary monetary policy had
put pressure...
Type: ReportReport#: 186274Date: December 7, 2023Author:
World Bank
The country opinion survey in Kosovo
assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in gaining a better
understanding of how stakeholders in Kosovo perceive the
WBG. It provides...
Type: ReportReport#: 186251Date: December 7, 2023Author:
World Bank
This paper surveys existing literature
and data to take stock of the current state of banking
systems across Sub-Saharan Africa. It documents different
dimensions of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10632Date: December 7, 2023Author:
Beck,Thorsten ;
Cull,Robert J. ;
Mare,Davide Salvatore ;
Valenzuela,Patricio
Liberia’s lack of
effectiveness in handling judicial disputes has been
consistently recognized as a weakness and one of the main
obstacles to the country’s...
Type: ReportReport#: 186232Date: December 6, 2023Author:
World Bank
The rise of “gig”
or digital platform work globally has led to both enthusiasm
for its potential to create lucrative employment for large
numbers of people,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10629Date: December 6, 2023Author:
Ghorpade,Yashodhan ;
Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti ;
Binti Jasmin,Alyssa Farha
This Short Note is part of a series
based on the report Working without Borders: The Promise and
Peril of Online Gig Work that aims to promote discussion
among policy...
Type: ReportReport#: 186243Date: December 6, 2023Author:
Rodriguez Tapia,Catalina ;
Datta,Namita
This paper aims to understand the
existing gaps in micro-level data on forcibly displaced
people—refugees and internally displaced persons.
The paper undertakes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10631Date: December 6, 2023Author:
Masaki,Takaaki ;
Madson,B.
The changing nature of work, accelerated
by the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic, has resulted in
several fundamental shifts in the terms and conditions of
work....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10630Date: December 6, 2023Author:
Ghorpade,Yashodhan ;
Binti Jasmin,Alyssa Farha ;
Abdur Rahman,Amanina Binti
These remarks were delivered by World
Bank Group President, Ajay Banga, at the International
Development Association (IDA) Midterm Review on December 6,
2023. He extended...
Type: President's SpeechReport#: 187590Date: December 6, 2023Author:
Banga,Ajay
Investing in nature and the services it
providesis an affordable approach to tackling
climatemitigation and adaptation, landscape restoration,and
livelihood development.
Type: BriefReport#: 186231Date: December 5, 2023Author:
World Bank
This report presents results from the
assessment of the capacity of Romania’s social
protection system to prevent, reduce, and respond adequately
to disaster-related...
Type: ReportReport#: 186013Date: December 5, 2023Author:
Sulla,Victor ;
Dragoman,Adina ;
Voda,Adina Maria ;
Meirosu,Denisa ;
Buhaescu-Ciuca,Stefana ;
Posarac,Aleksandra
Migration changes how families form and
dissolve, and how one should conceptualize the family. This
has implications for thinking about how the migration
decision is...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10626Date: December 5, 2023Author:
Bertoli,Simone ;
Mckenzie,David J. ;
Murard,Elie
Hidden hunger, or micronutrient
deficiencies, is a serious public health issue affecting
approximately 2 billion people worldwide. Identifying areas
with high prevalence...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10627Date: December 5, 2023Author:
Matekenya,Dunstan ;
Mulangu,Francis Muamba ;
Newhouse,David Locke
The term One Health refers to an
integrated approach that sustainably balances the health of
people, animals and the ecosystem, and it is a key element
for pandemic...
Type: ReportReport#: 186236Date: December 5, 2023Author:
Berthe,Franck Cesar Jean ;
Avila Bedregal,Lucia Patricia ;
Bali,Sulzhan Rameshwari ;
Batmanian,Garo J.
This report builds on the methodology
used to estimate the cost of inclusive refugee education
developed by the World Bank and UNHCR in consultation with
donors and...
Type: ReportReport#: 186415Date: December 5, 2023Author:
World Bank
Should governments in developing
countries directly support firms with policies such as
grants, subsidized loans, and training and consulting
programs, or should they...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10628Date: December 5, 2023Author:
Mckenzie,David J.
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