This report presents results from the assessment of the capacity of Romania’s social protection system to prevent, reduce, and respond adequately to disaster-related shocks. It assesses the shock adaptability...
This note was prepared as part of the project “Strengthening Disability System in Bulgaria” implemented by the World Bank with funding from, and in collaboration with, the European Commission’s Directorate...
This report was prepared as part of the project "Strengthening Disability System in Bulgaria” implemented by the World Bank with funding from, and in collaboration with, the European Commission’s Directorate...
This report presents findings and recommendations on how to strengthen the individual comprehensive assessment of functioning and needs of adults with disabilities in Bulgaria. It is Output B.2 of the...
The Investing in Human Capital note was prepared as a guidance note on how to promote a coordinated and harmonized approach across key human development sectors in addressing low human capital outcomes...
This report summarizes the findings from piloting the World Health Organization’s Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS) in Lithuania. This report summarizes the outcomes of the pilot and presents the...
The Latvian government is seeking to strengthen its disability assessment system by more effectively combining medical and functioning information. Including functioning information into disability assessment...
Although classified as a lower middle-income country (LMIC), high poverty, especially in rural areas, food insecurity and income inequality challenge Eswatini’s economic growth and human development potential...
Lesotho experiences significant weather shocks, including droughts and floods, which adversely affect food security. Most of its population, particularly those in rural areas, depend on rainfed agriculture...
The Investing in Human Capital note was prepared at the request of the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini as a guidance note on how to promote a coordinated and harmonized approach across key human...
This policy note looks at the institutional architecture and organization of the child protection service delivery in Russia. The objective is to understand how a complex set of child protection actors...
This policy note looks at the institutional architecture and organization of the child protection service delivery in Russia. The objective is to understand how a complex set of child protection actors...
The Disability assessment system development project for Latvia aims to support the Ministry of Welfare (MOW) of the Republic of Latvia in enhancing disability assessment. The project’s aim is to support...
This report was prepared as part of the “Lithuania - technical support to reform the disability assessment system” provided by the World Bank with funding from, and in collaboration with, the Directorate-General...
This report updates the assessment of the performance of the social protection (SP) system in Russia, using the 2014-2017 rounds of the Survey on Incomes and the Participation in Social Programs (VNDN...
Growing informal employment in Russia raises concerns about fiscal sustainability, productivity, and social protection. Cutting through various data and definitions, this report finds one consistent outcome:...
The workshop explored the importance of human capital, what drives poor performance, and how this is related to public financial management. The first session on human capital was led by Alexandra Posarac...
Even though on a declining trend, the 2017 at-risk-of poverty or social exclusion rate (AROPE) in Croatia, at over twenty-six percent, was well above the EU-28 average of 22 percent. One of the most striking...
The first Social Protection and Labor (SPL) Programmatic Analytical and Advisory Assistance(PAAA) in FY2012-14 successfully solidified the Bank’s role as the Government’s partner of choicein delivering...