Access to finance and equal economic opportunities are crucial for female entrepreneurs, fostering business growth and economic participation. Drawing on interviews with key stakeholders involved in the...
For the first time, this report looks comprehensively at the evolution of inequality and mobility in Malaysia over the last two decades and into the post-Covid era, as well as what drives these trends....
Type: ReportReport#: 196309Date: February 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Performance based financing (PBF) has introduced significant changes to how providers are
paid. With PBF the provider is established as its own budget holder and is reimbursed based on
the level and...
Type: ReportReport#: 196996Date: February 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
How can Zimbabwe create the necessary fiscal space to absorb quasi-fiscal expenditures, reverse its upward trend in public debt, and support macroeconomic stability? Zimbabwe is faced with an unsustainable...
Type: ReportReport#: 197511Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Croatia faces two key labor market challenges: a shortage of labor and the inadequate skills of its existing workforce. These challenges are being shaped by global megatrends, namely, demographic, green,...
Type: ReportReport#: 200274Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Iva Tomic ;
Andrea Sitarova ;
Kevwe Sylvester Pela ;
Ana Budimir ;
Matic, Lea Karla ;
Mauro Testaverde
This paper examines parental benefits in Argentina, focusing on their role in addressing gender inequality and labor market challenges during pregnancy and post-childbirth. Drawing on the International...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 197190Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Ludovica Cherchi ;
Himanshi Jain
Engaging teaching has emerged as a key approach to fostering children’s socio-emotional and cognitive skills. This policy note draws on findings of a recent comparative study on the LEGO Foundation’s Engage,...
Type: BriefReport#: 197556Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Diego Luna Bazaldua ;
Emma Carter
This study compares two tools used to observe and assess how teachers support student learning: the LEGO Foundation’s Engage tool, formerly PLAY, and the World Bank’s Teach Primary tool. The goal was to...
Type: ReportReport#: 197557Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Diego Luna Bazaldua ;
Emma Jane Carter
The labor market situation for Croatian women has improved significantly over the past decade, approaching the averages observed across the European Union (EU). Nevertheless, employment rates for young...
Type: ReportReport#: 200273Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, many school-age Ukrainians have sought refuge in other European countries, including Italy, raising the need to protect their human capital and integrate them into...
Type: ReportReport#: 197538Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Carlana, Michela ;
Gero Carletto ;
Quy-Toan Do ;
Mauro Testaverde ;
Marco Tiberti ;
Alberti, Lorenzo ;
Alexandra Avdeenko ;
Pauline Castaing ;
Marco Costantini ;
Levin, Ilai ;
Magnani, Marta ;
McSweeney, Lucy ;
Moreau, Gabriel Montreuil ;
Singh, Mannat
The Umbrella Facility for Gender Equality (UFGE) is a key driver of global efforts to advance gender equality in low- and middle-income countries by investing in data, evidence, and solutions that scale....
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 196980Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The EnABLE Quarterly Newsletter provides the latest updates from the EnABLE Trust Fund, and related work on social inclusion and gender equity. This issue presents highlights of activities from October...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 197525Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Red Sea crisis has emerged as a critical flashpoint of the conflict in the Middle East, upending global trade and maritime transport, port activity in the MENA region, and ecological balance of the...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 197215Date: February 1, 2025Author:
Zeljko Bogetic ;
Luan Zhao ;
Daria Ulybina ;
Joanne Matossian ;
Andres Chamorro ;
Sahiti Sarva ;
Yahui Zhao ;
Weijian Li
Synthetic fertilizers are essential to sustaining the world’s population, but their production is responsible for 1.8–2.4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Clean hydrogen holds growing potential...
Type: BriefReport#: 197794Date: February 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Tourism Watch is a quarterly report produced by the World Bank which monitors global and regional tourism sector performance, outlook, and highlights policies aimed at enhancing the sector’s economic,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 197076Date: January 31, 2025Author:
Louise Twining-Ward ;
Alex Pio ;
Alba Suris Coll Vinent ;
Paula Bellas Suarez
This report provides a detailed analysis of the supply chains of key food commodities in
Africa and sheds light on how transport deficiencies affect production, distribution, and imports and ultimately,...
Type: ReportReport#: 196977Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Global growth is expected to hold steady at 2.7 percent in 2025-26. However, the global economy appears to be settling at a low growth rate that will be insufficient to foster sustained economic development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 198050Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
This study examines the crucial relationship between Madagascar's protected areas and tourism, estimating the economic impact on these sites and their surrounding communities. It highlights the lack of...
Type: ReportReport#: 197068Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Global growth is expected to hold steady at 2.7 percent in 2025-26. However, the global economy appears to be settling at a low growth rate that will be insufficient to foster sustained economic development...
Type: PublicationReport#: 198050Date: January 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
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