Indigenous Peoples (IPs) are culturally distinct societies and communities. The Philippines is one of the few Asian countries that officially uses the term “Indigenous Peoples,” and IP rights are fully...
Type: ReportReport#: 190578Date: June 17, 2024Author:
Pérez-Brito, Carlos ;
Nadia Belhaj Hassine Belghith
Growing climate risks pose a significant socioeconomic threat to the vulnerable communities in Fiji. In Fiji, gender inequality presents an extreme challenge, and it is particularly amplified amid disasters...
Preparing for—and responding to—disasters requires a people-centered approach and a strong understanding of households’ ability to cope with shocks. Relying on novel household survey data, this paper examines...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10807Date: June 17, 2024Author:
Boaz Anglade ;
Maria Emilia Cucagna ;
Jacobus Joost De Hoop ;
Anna Luisa Paffhausen
Access to actionable information that outlines opportunities for nature-based solutions (NBS) investments at early stages of project design is essential for enabling the scale up of these solutions, which...
Type: ReportReport#: 191328Date: June 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
Climate change and demographic trends in the 21st century are placing unprecedented stresses on the water resources sector. This evolution raises the potential economic value of well-designed interventions...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 197579Date: June 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic activity picked up in China in early 2024, buoyed by stronger exports. Meanwhile, growth in domestic demand moderated. Manufacturing and infrastructure investment and consumer spending on services...
Type: ReportReport#: 191254Date: June 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Over the past decade, under the astute leadership of the Government of Bangladesh (GoB), the country has made impressive strides in enhancing the health and well-being of its people. The remarkable gains...
Type: ReportReport#: 191326Date: June 15, 2024Author:
World Bank
Unemployment in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) is primarily driven by three vulnerable groups that frequently lack both skills and work experience - the long-term unemployed, youth and women. Overall unemployment...
Type: ReportReport#: 191252Date: June 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper analyses the spatial effects of urban proximity in terms of distance on the patterns of poverty and livelihoods in the context of rural Zimbabwe. We find that that poverty prevalence rate increased...
Type: ReportReport#: 191237Date: June 14, 2024Author:
Shingirirai Mashura
This paper analyzes Mongolia's active labor market policies, social insurance system, and vocational training programs, focusing on their support for vulnerable groups. Drawing on desk research and stakeholder...
Type: ReportReport#: 191256Date: June 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
This document summarizes the main findings from the
follow-up surveys in Zimbabwe. Business owners and top
managers of 960 firms were interviewed between July
2016 and January 2017 (600 ES and 360 Micro)...
Type: ReportReport#: 191282Date: June 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
The document collection outlines a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation framework for the year 2022, focusing on various national priority areas and key results. It includes a range of key performance...
Type: ReportReport#: 191307Date: June 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
On Wednesday 20 March 2024 the World Bank, in partnership with the Environmental Management Agency (EMA), conducted a one-day High-Level Stakeholder Consultative Workshop on Piloting Participatory Land-use...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 191233Date: June 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
Like other countries in the globe, Zimbabwe set targets on poverty eradication in a changing climate yet the implication of climate change on poverty has not been explored. The paper utilizes PICES datasets,...
This paper analyzes Mongolia's recent economic growth and job creation trends. Despite strong average GDP per capita growth (5.4 percent annually between 2000 and 2019) and rising labor productivity, challenges...
This paper examines the potential distributional effects of a tax increase on processed and ultra-processed foods. Using data from the most recent Brazilian consumption survey (POF 2017/2018), it analyzes...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10805Date: June 14, 2024Author:
Bernardo Dantas Pereira Coelho ;
Courtney Price Ivins ;
Roberto F. Iunes
This report emphasizes the continuous critical importance of international trade and integration in international markets for FNS. The report finds that in the long term, if governments shift toward more...
Type: ReportReport#: 191260Date: June 14, 2024Author:
World Bank
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