The document collection focuses on various aspects of economic and social development, with a particular emphasis on youth perspectives and workforce-related issues. It delves into the challenges of educational...
Type: ReportReport#: 191738Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
This study explores the factors shaping the aspirations of youths in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria, specifically focusing on their academic goals; science, technology, engineering, or mathematics career...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10816Date: June 24, 2024Author:
Valentina Costa ;
Ivette Contreras ;
Amparo Palacios-Lopez
The Yemen Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also presents findings from recent World Bank work on Yemen. The Monitor places these...
Type: ReportReport#: 191791Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper studies the performance differentials between privately-owned enterprises and businesses of the state. Businesses of the State (BOS) are firms with 10 percent or more direct or indirect state...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10820Date: June 24, 2024Author:
Dennis Sanchez Navarro
Using two decades of granular data on foreign direct investments, this study shows a consistent global rise in the concentration of cross-border investments within fewer multinational firms. This concentration...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10815Date: June 24, 2024Author:
Alexandros Ragoussis ;
Rigo,Davide ;
Santoni,Gianluca
This report provides a high-level assessment of the Kyrgyz Republic’s water security status across different water security dimensions (endowment, sector architecture, performance and outcomes) with the...
Type: ReportReport#: 191780Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report provides a high-level assessment of Serbia’s current water security status and drivers of future change intending to highlight the complex water issues that Serbia must tackle to enhance its...
Type: ReportReport#: 191782Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
Most Mongolian households received social assistance (Social Welfare) benefits which in 2019 cost 2.1 percent of GDP or about 6.8 percent of the budget. Such assistance is provided almost entirely under...
Type: ReportReport#: 191739Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper presents a unified analytical framework to organize and review the literature on consumption-based poverty measurement, with a focus on establishing absolute poverty lines. Based on this framework,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10813Date: June 24, 2024Author:
Amendola,Nicola ;
Mancini,Giulia ;
Vecchi,Giovanni
This report provides a high-level assessment of Kazakhstan’s water security status across different water security dimensions (endowment, sector architecture, performance and outcomes) with the aim of...
Type: ReportReport#: 191779Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
Water security is defined as “The availability of an acceptable quantity and quality of water for health, livelihoods, ecosystems and production, coupled with an acceptable level of water-related risks...
Type: ReportReport#: 191763Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report provides a high-level assessment of Uzbekistan’s water security status across different water security dimensions (endowment, sector architecture, performance and outcomes) with the aim of...
Type: ReportReport#: 191771Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
This study investigates the emission reduction effects of a mix of market-based climate policies in Australia, where a dramatic ramp-up of incentives for renewable electricity generation was paired with...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10812Date: June 24, 2024Author:
Kraynak,Daniel ;
Govinda R. Timilsina ;
Alberini,Anna
This assessment encapsulates findings relevant to the region’s unique conditions, stressing the urgency of adopting sustainable water management practices to meet present and future development needs....
Type: ReportReport#: 191764Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report provides a high-level assessment of Albania’s current water security status and drivers of future change with the aim of highlighting the complex water issues that Albania must tackle to enhance...
Type: ReportReport#: 191767Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report provides a high-level assessment of Tajikistan’s water security status across different water security dimensions (endowment, sector architecture, performance and outcomes) with the aim of...
Type: ReportReport#: 191773Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
Bulgaria still ranks among the EU countries with the highest levels of poverty and inequality. Before 2023, Bulgaria's Social Assistance / Monthly Social Allowance scheme had limited coverage, strict eligibility...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10817Date: June 24, 2024Author:
Monica Robayo ;
Maynor Vinicio Cabrera
This 2024 Economic Update for Burkina Faso contains two chapters. The first
chapter presents the economic and poverty developments observed in the
country in 2023 as well as the outlook from 2024...
Type: ReportReport#: 191793Date: June 24, 2024Author:
World Bank
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