This paper studies the impact of working
with same-race coworkers on individuals’
retention at firms. Using administrative employer-employee
data from Brazil,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10899Date: September 5, 2024Author:
Fietz,Katharina Maria ;
Schmeißer,Aiko
Trade exposure is traditionally seen as
key to job creation and poverty reduction, but its efficacy
is questioned amid global labor market upheavals and
protectionist...
Type: ReportReport#: 193293Date: September 5, 2024Author:
Maliszewska,Maryla ;
Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth
Learning Poverty shows the extent of the
learning crisis by focusing on the share of children who
don’t learn to read with comprehension by age 10.
Children who...
Type: BriefReport#: 193422Date: September 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
Learning Poverty shows the extent of the
learning crisis by focusing on the share of children who
don’t learn to read with comprehension by age 10.
Children who...
Type: BriefReport#: 193423Date: September 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
This study provides a global analysis of
the effect of conflict exposure on firms’
performance, combining geolocalized longitudinal firm-level
data and information...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10898Date: September 5, 2024Author:
Brancati,Emanuele ;
Di Maio,Michele ;
Gatti,Roberta V. ;
Islam,Asif Mohammed
Learning Poverty shows the extent of the
learning crisis by focusing on the share of children who
don’t learn to read with comprehension by age 10.
Children who...
Type: BriefReport#: 193424Date: September 5, 2024Author:
World Bank
This report presents the findings from a
national energy survey conducted in Rwanda in June 2022,
which followed up on an inaugural energy survey conducted in
2016....
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 193362Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Choi,Hyun Jin ;
Koo,Bonsuk
Examining one of the world’s
largest public business support programs, this paper studies
how subsidized credit and partial credit guarantees shape
access to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10894Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Alibhai,Aly Salman ;
Johnson,Hillary C. ;
Niang,Cecile Thioro ;
Strobbe,Francesco
This paper reviews how human capital is
accumulated and used over the process of development. It
highlights that differences in worker productivity are the
byproducts...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10891Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Rossi,Federico ;
Weber,Michael
Rwanda is among the fastest growing
economies in Africa. This growth aligns with the Rwandan
government’s goal of transitioning the country
from an agricultural-based...
Type: ESMAP PaperReport#: 193367Date: September 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper characterizes economically
optimal investments in Africa’s road network in
partial and general equilibrium —based on a
detailed topography of...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10893Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Krantz,Sebastian Martin
The paper presents a methodology to
generate experimental small area estimates of poverty in
four West African countries: Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Niger.
Due to the absence...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10892Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Edochie,Ifeanyi Nzegwu ;
Newhouse,David Locke ;
Tzavidis,Nikos ;
Schmid,Timo ;
Foster,Elizabeth Mary ;
Hernandez,Angela Luna ;
Ouedraogo,Aissatou ;
Sanoh,Aly ;
Aboudrahyme Savadogo
The Committee on Development
Effectiveness met to consider the IEG’s report
confronting the learning crisis - lessons from World Bank
(WB) support for basic education,...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 193856Date: September 4, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper contributes to the discussion
on Africa's pathways to economic transformation by
examining the roles of trade
patterns—specifically, South-South and
...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10896Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Kassa,Woubet ;
Ndubuisi,Gideon Onyewuchi ;
Owusu,Solomon
Cambodia’s rapid economic
growth in the past few decades has coincided with trade
liberalization and structural transformation. This growth
has been extensively...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10895Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Kokas,Deeksha ;
Roche Rodriguez,Jaime Alfonso ;
Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C. ;
Robertson,Raymond ;
Karamba,R. Wendy
Productivity growth in Brazil has not
kept pace with developed and emerging economies, despite
progress in achieving macroeconomic stability and
implementing reforms...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10897Date: September 4, 2024Author:
Veloso,Fernando Augusto Adeodato ;
Zaourak,Gabriel Roberto
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