Central banks around the world are actively researching and investigating the benefits, challenges, and design options of wholesale and retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Since CBDCs are one...
Type: ReportReport#: 191875Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Raunak Mittal ;
Mert Ozdag ;
Mahesh Chandrahas Karajgi ;
Crown, Emmanuel
This report provides initial results from an impact evaluation (IE) of an Entrepreneurship Support
Program intended to improve the livelihoods of host communities and displaced households in Niger. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 191969Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Chloë Fernandez ;
Samih Ferrah ;
Andrea Guariso ;
Marcus Holmlund ;
Tara Mitchell
The impacts of climatic shocks are already being feltacross Europe and are bound to intensify in line withfurther climate change. Even rapid and far-reachingprogress on decarbonization cannot avoid the...
Type: ReportReport#: 191971Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This policy note aims to outline the importance and provide empirical evidence on the conditions and risks associated with green, resilient, inclusive, and learning-oriented spaces in Brazilian schools....
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 191968Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Giovanna Quintão ;
Leandro Costa
Poverty is multidimensional, associated not only with a lack of financial resources, but also often social-psychological constraints, such as diminished agency and aspirations. Through a series of field...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10824Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Thomas,Catherine ;
Patrick Premand ;
Thomas Bossuroy ;
Sambo,Soumaila Abdoulaye ;
Markus,Hazel ;
Walton,Gregory
Paraguay has been a beacon of macroeconomic stability, but like the rest of the region, its average growth has moderated since 2013, which has affected the pace of poverty reduction. To accelerate growth...
Type: Country Economic MemorandumReport#: 191942Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper provides the first measures of vulnerability to poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean at the household level looking at natural hazards such as floods, landslides, cyclones, earthquakes,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10825Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Gustavo Javier Canavire Bacarreza ;
Adriana Conconi ;
Sergio Olivieri ;
Monserrat Serio
Addressing energy poverty has emerged as one of the main challenges for Bulgaria's poverty and social inclusion policy, particularly in the context of the European Green Deal and the current crisis in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10827Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Monica Robayo ;
Britta Laurin Rude
The report (Volume 1) is structured in the following way: The first section provides an overview of
the condition of the physical infrastructure and some of the challenges in maintaining and improving...
Type: ReportReport#: 191123Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper examines the effect of compensating a private sector provider of employment services for successful placement of jobseekers with employers. Within this program, active job matching, relative...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10826Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Balavac-Orlic,Merima ;
John T. Giles ;
Siddharth Hari ;
Mirey Ovadiya
The evidence strongly supports the scale-up of multi-faceted economic inclusion programs to boost livelihood diversification and reduce extreme poverty. Building on social protection systems providing...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 191970Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
Developing guidance and tools to assess and monitor regional transport corridors performance is among the priority activities of the Africa Transport Policy Program Fourth Development Plan (SSATP-DP4)...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 191935Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
Learning Poverty is unacceptably high. In low- and middle-income countries, more than half the children cannot read and understand a short ageappropriate text by the end of primary school. This learning...
Type: BriefReport#: 191973Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought about a new era of potential for skills
development. UNESCO's 2021 report on AI in education provides a comprehensive overview of the topic, highlighting...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 191967Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Juan Baron ;
Christopher Robert Fabling
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