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
The objective of this note is to foster the understanding of the World Bank, other development partners and non-governmental organizations in an evolving urban context. Given the political transition,...
Type: Other Urban StudyReport#: 191972 Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report has been prepared at the request of the Steering Committee of the Sint Maarten Single Donor Trust Fund (SXM TF) and the Ministry of Finance in the Government of Sint Maarten (GoSXM). It aims...
Type: ReportReport#: 192004Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
The number of people aged greater than 65 years per 100 people aged 20–64 years is expected to almost double in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) between 2020 and 2030. We therefore aimed to quantify the...
Type: Journal ArticleReport#: 191915Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Boettige, David C. ;
Lin, Tracy Kuo ;
Almansour, Maram ;
Hamza, Mariam M ;
Reem Alsukait ;
Christopher H. Herbst ;
Altheyab, Nada ;
Afghan, Ayman ;
Kattan, Faisal
The World Bank has undertaken a second comprehensive monitoring program through multiple channels to find out how private sector firms in Ukraine are faring, and what they will need going forward. The...
Type: BriefReport#: 191475Date: 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: BriefReport#: 191968Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
Years of conflict in Iraq had a severe impact on child welfare and service delivery. Iraq's education system faces an acute shortage of qualified teachers, a key factor in improving learning outcomes and...
Type: ReportReport#: 191933Date: June 26, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper reviews the main methods for small area estimation of welfare indicators. It begins by discussing the importance of small area estimation methods for producing reliable disaggregated estimates....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10828Date: June 26, 2024Author:
Peralta,Isabel Molina
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