IFC, a member of the World Bank Group,
has launched the Pacific MicrofinanceInitiative in
partnership with the Australian Government to improve access
to basic financial...
Type: BriefReport#: 193181Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
Kenya is one of the countries covered in
the World Bank Household Survey of Migrants in Africa. The
overall objective of the survey was to help improve the
understanding...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193167Date: August 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
A Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) is
a multi-step process that analyzes and estimates the total
sum of the direct and indirect impacts of proposed
activities on the...
Type: BriefReport#: 193168Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Locher, Helen ;
Staub, Carsten ;
Lazarus,Kate M.
Jurisdictions that rely on emissions
trading to control emissions often utilize other
environmental or energy policies as well, including policies
to support renewable...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10872Date: August 21, 2024Author:
Fischer,Carolyn ;
Qu,Chenfei ;
Goulder,Lawrence H.
After the manipulated elections of 2010
that saw the victory of the military backed Union Solidarity
and Development Party (USDP), the junta dissolved in 2011
and Thein...
Type: ReportReport#: 193146Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Minischetti,Elisa
To make the value proposition work for
retail agents, it is important to understand how the role
that an MFSP expects them to perform fits within the
agent’s...
Type: BriefReport#: 193148Date: August 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
While the concept of social
sustainability is growing in salience, there is little
consensus on how to measure it. This lack of an accepted
measure makes it harder to...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10875Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Ballon Fernandez,Paola Marcela ;
Cuesta Leiva,Jose Antonio
Individuals’ socio-emotional
skills (SES), and their perceptions of their skill levels,
matter for labor market outcomes and other welfare outcomes.
Men appear...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10873Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Cassidy,Rachel ;
Das,Smita ;
Delavallade,Clara Anne ;
Kipchumba,Elijah Kipkech ;
Komba,Julietha
Protected areas can conserve wildlife
and benefit people when managed effectively. African
governments increasingly delegate the management of
protected areas to private,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10874Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Denny,Sean Martin ;
Englander,Aaron Gabriel Ratliffe ;
Hunnicutt,Patrick
While there is some regulation in place,
Israel’s restrictions and the dependency of
Palestine on the Israel Central bank and regulation pose a
huge barrier to...
Type: ReportReport#: 193156Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Biallas,Margarete O. ;
Qutob,Khaled Walid Mohammed ;
Malamund,Mati
There are many reasons why so many
mobile money launches have not met the high expectations set
by senior management. Often, the main success metric is
attaining a certain...
Type: BriefReport#: 193140Date: August 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper analyzes cycles in policy
interest rates in 24 advanced economies over
1970–2024, combining a new application of
business cycle methodology with rich...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10876Date: August 20, 2024Author:
Forbes,Kristin J. ;
Ha,Jongrim ;
Kose,Ayhan
The Kenya Longitudinal Socioeconomic
Study of Refugees and Host Communities(K-LSRH) is the first
nationally comparable survey of registered refugees and
hosts inKenya,...
Type: ReportReport#: 193157Date: August 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
This evaluation assesses how well the
World Bank is supporting a blue economy approach to achieve
sustainable and inclusive development of ocean and coastal
states....
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 192157Date: August 19, 2024Author:
World Bank
Consumption data from household surveys
continue to be the main source for poverty and inequality
statistics in low- and middle-income countries. Although
recent research...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10871Date: August 19, 2024Author:
Amankwah,Akuffo ;
Johnson,Darcey Jeanne Genou ;
Ofori Adofo,Josephine ;
Gul,Maryam ;
Palacios-Lopez,Amparo
A number of factors affect the
successful development and deployment of a mobile money
business. The entire external environment affects the mobile
financial service...
Type: BriefReport#: 193125Date: August 19, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Global Knowledge Partnership on
Migration and Development (KNOMAD) is a global hub of
knowledge and policy expertise on migration and development.
KNOMAD is supported...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 193134Date: August 19, 2024Author:
World Bank
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