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...
O Ceibal, uma iniciativa de transformação da educação digital no Uruguai, oferece percepções e lições valiosas para os países que pretendem aproveitar a tecnologia para melhorar os resultados da aprendizagem...
Ceibal, an initiative in digital education transformation in Uruguay, offers valuable insights and lessons for countries aiming to leverage technology to improve learning outcomes and foster educational...
Against the backdrop of a new World Bank initiative to support African think tanks, the “Africa Think Tank Platform”, this paper outlines critical opportunities and constraints that think tanks may face...
The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES) is a partnership between the Africa Union, African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the World...
This note presents a multisectoral examination of the national and provincial landscapes for ECD in Pakistan. It explains the critical importance of improving investments and services for young children...
City plans clearly don’t reflect realistic population projections, and most plans seem to encourage even greater sprawl and will require significant capital investments to service and connect outlying...
The research paper is structured across six sections. Following a brief introduction, section 2 details important context about climate-related migration in Solomon Islands as well as broader patterns...
The Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series focuses on topics linked to implementation of health taxes, or excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic drinks, and sugar-sweetened beverages. The purpose...
The purpose of this study is to assess the differences between older men and women (aged sixty and above) residing in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area in order to better understand gender disparities and...
Zambia introduced free and compulsory general education in 2011, but its implementation has been incomplete. In 2021, the government introduced the “Education for All” policy which abolished all formal...
The June 2022 release of learning poverty estimates contribute to an ongoing collection of harmonized learning assessment datasets at the student and country level. This document provides details of processes...
Tirana a crescut de patru ori în ultimii treizeci de ani, cu o mulțime de dezvoltare informală și ilegală care a alimentat construcția în plină expansiune a capitalei albaneze. Pe piața de dezvoltare din...
The construction sector has a major role in economic growth, with the industry's activities affecting nearly every aspect of the economy. It is forecasted that the volume of construction output will grow...
Climate-Informed Marine Spatial Planning Integrated Seascape Management Knowledge Factsheet Series / Number 2 Climate-informed marine spatial planning (MSP) is a participatory process that considers current...
Climate-Informed Marine Spatial Planning Integrated Seascape Management Knowledge Factsheet Series / Number 2 Climate-informed marine spatial planning (MSP) is a participatory process that considers current...
Climate-Informed Marine Spatial Planning Integrated Seascape Management Knowledge Factsheet Series / Number 2 Climate-informed marine spatial planning (MSP) is a participatory process that considers current...
This brief use firm-level data collected between May 2020 and May 2021 in 41 countries, to provide descriptive evidence on the differential effect of the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis on female-...
Edge computing increases energy efficiency, reduces latency, and provides context awareness for compute-intensive applications far from data centers, increasing the viability of technologies such as autonomous...
Given the importance of labor income in the region, there are several important questions about the effects of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on the labor market. At the outset of the pandemic, 48...