The new political context emerging from the May 2024 elections provides a unique opportunity for South Africa. The alignment of economic and political incentives, in the sense that improving the economy...
Type: ReportReport#: 197420Date: February 17, 2025Author:
Joanna Alexandra Watkins ;
Benedicte Baduel ;
Jacques Morisset ;
Javier E. Baez
The new political context emerging from the May 2024 elections provides a unique opportunity for South Africa. The alignment of economic and political incentives, in the sense that improving the economy...
Type: ReportReport#: 197420Date: February 16, 2025Author:
Bernard Aritua ;
Mirlan Aldayarov ;
Javier E. Baez ;
Jacques Morisset
The new political context emerging from the May 2024 elections provides a unique opportunity for South Africa. The alignment of economic and political incentives, in the sense that improving the economy...
Type: ReportReport#: 197420Date: February 15, 2025Author:
Edward Andrew Beukes ;
Dikson, Eric ;
Jacques Morisset ;
Javier E. Baez
Higher-income countries are aging at unprecedented rates, creating skills shortages in critical sectors ranging from healthcare to construction to information technology. At the same time, many lower-income...
Type: ReportReport#: 196852Date: February 14, 2025Author:
Pablo Ariel Acosta ;
Caglar Ozden ;
Jeremy Aaron Lebow ;
Limon Bade Rodriguez ;
Evelina Sophie Serafia Dahlgren
The new political context emerging from the May 2024 elections provides a unique opportunity for South Africa. The alignment of economic and political incentives, in the sense that improving the economy...
Type: ReportReport#: 197420Date: February 14, 2025Author:
Smita Kuriakose ;
Jacques Morisset ;
Javier E. Baez
This paper empirically examines the multiple impacts of alternative, major fiscal instruments on decarbonization in countries in the Middle East and North Africa. It also examines the effects of decarbonization...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11064Date: February 13, 2025Author:
Zeljko Bogetic ;
Hamid Mohtadi
Female labor force participation in Central Asia consistently falls behind global and regional averages, potentially limiting economic growth and human capital development. This survey is intended to provide...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 197389Date: February 13, 2025Author:
Roberto Claudio Sormani ;
Sarah Shaukat ;
Pablo Andres Villalobos Dintrans
Different private sector-led and government-led approaches to the development of solar hybrid mini grids are found around the world. Five approaches used in Africa are reviewed here. Each works better...
Type: ReportReport#: 197379Date: February 13, 2025Author:
World Bank
Bhutan’s broad-based growth has reduced poverty and inequality over the past decades. To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and multiple global and domestic crises, the country adopted unorthodox policies...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 197344Date: February 12, 2025Author:
Ashiq Aziz
In the Sahel, Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) is a set of social protection policies, systems, and programs that promote human capital, productivity, and resilience of the poorest and strengthen their...
Type: BriefReport#: 197346Date: February 12, 2025Author:
World Bank
The document collection focuses on the challenges and opportunities facing a nation striving to achieve upper-middle-income status. Despite recent economic growth and poverty reduction, the country faces...
Type: BriefReport#: 197345Date: February 12, 2025Author:
World Bank
This document collection focuses on the challenges and opportunities related to youth employment in developing economies. It highlights the growing number of young people entering the workforce and the...
Type: BriefReport#: 197338Date: February 12, 2025Author:
World Bank
This policy brief reviews the options for increasing funding for NCDs and mental health from the perspective of health ministries, finance ministries, and development agencies. This policy brief complements...
Type: BriefReport#: 197355Date: February 12, 2025Author:
World Bank
This study is a novel attempt to analyze the patterns and trends of urbanization in medium to large cities in Central Asia. It encompasses a broad range of parameters, and employs an evidence-based approach...
Type: ReportReport#: 197065Date: February 12, 2025Author:
Huang, Chyi Yun ;
Ross Marc Eisenberg ;
Velasco, Guillermo
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