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Assessing the Success of National Human Rights Action Plans through a Political Economy Lens : The Case of Chile (Английский)

National human rights action plans turn state commitments on human rights into policy. After three decades of numerous countries implementing these plans, the few existing assessments of their success...

Global Trends in Child Monetary Poverty According to International Poverty Lines (Английский)

This paper analyzes extreme child poverty ($2.15/day poverty line) trends, as well as child poverty based on the higher international poverty lines of $3.65 and $6.85. The paper provides a trajectory of...

Social Sustainability and the Development Process : What Is It, Why Does It Matter, and How Can It Be Enhanced ? (Английский)

Development debates frequently focus on making economic growth sustainable or ensuring that natural resources are used sustainably; such debates rest on longstanding scholarship and largely shared understandings...

Social Exclusion : Concepts, Measurement, and a Global Estimate (Английский)

Multiple estimates exist of global monetary and multidimensional poverty, but populations at risk of social exclusion still lack a worldwide estimate. This paper fills this gap by estimating the share...

Citizen Participation and Political Trust in Latin America and the Caribbean : A Machine Learning Approach (Английский)

This paper advances the understanding of the linkages between trust in government and citizen participation in Latin America and the Caribbean, using machine learning techniques and Latinobarómetro 2020...

Social Exclusion : Concepts, Measurement, and a Global Estimate (Английский)

There are multiple estimates of global monetary and multidimensional poverty, but there are still no estimates of populations at risk of social exclusion worldwide. This paper fills this gap by estimating...

Social Sustainability, Poverty, and Income : An Empirical Exploration (Английский)

Social sustainability is often poorly understood and vaguely defined, despite growing appreciation of its relevance as a concept. This paper advances the empirical understanding of social sustainability...

The Rise Framework (Vol. 1 of 2) (Английский)

The world has witnessed unparalleled economic progress in the last three decades. But success is not preordained, and several headwinds threaten this hard fought progress. Inequality is leaving many people...

The Rise Framework (Vol. 2 of 2) : Executive Summary (Английский)

The world has witnessed unparalleled economic progress in the last three decades. But success is not preordained, and several headwinds threaten this hard fought progress. Inequality is leaving many people...

Global Estimate of Children in Monetary Poverty : An Update (Английский)

This note builds on previous collaboration between the World Bank Group and UNICEF to estimate the global extent of child poverty. We estimate that in 2017, 17.5 percent of children in the world (or 356...

Impactos Socioeconómicos del COVID-19 en las Mujeres (Vol. 2 of 2) (Испанский)

Impactos Socioeconómicos del COVID-19 en las Mujeres (Vol. 1 of 2) : Ocupación Laboral (Испанский)

COVID-19 Affects Everyone but Not Equally : The Gendered Poverty Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Colombia (Английский)

COVID-19 (Coronavirus) does not distinguish borders, race or gender. Everyone is affected but not equally. Women are at risk of seeing structural socioeconomic gaps deepen with COVID-9(Coronavirus), along...

Social Protection in Contexts of Fragility and Forced Displacement : Introduction to a Special Issue (Английский)

Effective social protection is increasingly as essential to supporting affected populations in situations of protracted instability and displacement. Despite the growing use of social protection in these...

Tunisia - Impact of the Libya crisis on the Tunisian economy (Английский)

This study assesses the main spillover effects of the Libyan crisis on the Tunisian economy and estimates the crisis’ overall social welfare and fiscal impacts on Tunisia. The authors consider four main...

Tunisia - Poverty assessment : Évaluation de la pauvreté en Tunisie (Французский)

Tunisia emerges today the only success story of the Arab Spring revolution that swept the Arab world five years ago. This poverty assessment seeks to learn from the pre and post revolution periods with...

Tunisia - Poverty assessment (Английский)

Tunisia emerges today the only success story of the Arab Spring revolution that swept the Arab world five years ago. This poverty assessment seeks to learn from the pre and post revolution periods with...

The socioeconomic impacts of energy reform in Tunisia : a simulation approach (Английский)

Tunisian social development policy making has always counted on energy subsidies to play a pivotal role. Due to the increasingly unsustainable budget implications, a new strategy has begun to reform the...

A public expenditure review for Paraguay (Vol. 1 of 2) : the quest for optimal tax and expenditure policies for shared prosperity (Английский)

Paraguay has achieved significant progress in terms of fiscal policy over the past decade. Despite this progress on fiscal reform, three major challenges remain: 1) a volatile macroeconomic environment;...

A public expenditure review for Paraguay (Vol. 2 of 2) : supplementary volume with selected background papers (Английский)

Paraguay has achieved significant progress in terms of fiscal policy over the past decade. Despite this progress on fiscal reform, three major challenges remain: 1) a volatile macroeconomic environment;...