Lebanon’s experience of compounding crises over the past several years points to the nexus of fragility and disaster. The country has recently experienced one of the worst financial and economic crises...
Type: ReportReport#: 191388Date: June 18, 2024Author:
Karima Ben Bih ;
Hiromi Akiyama ;
Pol Nadal Cros
Youth unemployment and gender gaps in labor market outcomes are key policy challenges across developing countries. Young job-seekers may struggle to find jobs because of their biased beliefs and unrealistic...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10808Date: June 18, 2024Author:
S Anukriti ;
Herrera-Almanza,Catalina ;
Sophie Ochmann
Almost 40 percent of households in Uganda are at the subsistence level, and the country’s poverty rate has stagnated at around 20 percent over the past decade, indicating resistance to antipoverty efforts...
Type: ReportReport#: 191576Date: June 18, 2024Author:
Samuel Thomas Clark ;
Muratha Kinuthia ;
Christine Katende Namirembe ;
Muratha Kinuthia ;
Jonas Mbabazi ;
Sabastiano Rwengabo ;
Laura Johnson
Today, approximately 56 percent of the global population or 4.4 billion people reside in urban areas. This trend is expected to continue, with the urban population projected to more than double by 2050....
Type: ReportReport#: 191387Date: June 18, 2024Author:
Gyongshim An ;
Narae Choi ;
John Hosung Lee ;
Minkyung Kim ;
Jisoo Lee
The AI revolution is transforming education at an unprecedented pace, offering opportunities to personalize learning experiences, support teachers, and optimize education management. This brief explores...
Type: BriefReport#: 191418Date: June 18, 2024Author:
Ezequiel Molina ;
Cristobal Cobo ;
Jasmine Anne Pineda ;
Helena Rovner
Whether and the extent to which social norms matter for women’s labor force participation has been shown to vary by context. This paper presents rigorous evidence on how these relationships hold in the...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10810Date: June 18, 2024Author:
Jumana Jamal Subhi Alaref ;
Aishwarya Shivaji Patil ;
Tasmia Rahman ;
Ana Maria Munoz Boudet
Gender equality is central to economic development. This paper examines gender gaps in Burkina Faso and find that women’s labor force participation is 10 percentage points lower than men’s in 2019, while...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10809Date: June 18, 2024Author:
Aletheia Amalia Donald ;
Islam,TM Tonmoy ;
Anja Robakowski-Van Stralen
Gender significantly impacts health outcomes, influencing lifestyle, well-being, and healthcare access throughout a person’s life. Bridging gender gaps in health can enhance human capital and ensure equitable...
Type: ReportReport#: 191302Date: June 17, 2024Author:
Altuwaijri, Sameera ;
Seemeen Saadat ;
Meriem Boudjadja ;
Charlotte Pram Nielsen ;
Amparo Elena Gordillo-Tobar ;
Mirai Maruo ;
Rakh, Priyadarshani
This paper explores the effects of industrial policy on trade, focusing on the role of preferential trade agreements. The analysis uses data for the period 2012–2022 on detailed product-level bilateral...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10806Date: June 17, 2024Author:
Alessandro Barattieri ;
Aaditya Mattoo ;
Daria Taglioni
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
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