Using unique nationally representative school and system survey data from 13 education systems in low and middle-income countries collected through the World Bank’s Global Education Policy Dashboard (GEPD)...
Climate change disproportionately impacts people living in poverty, threatening to plunge more than 130 million more people into extreme poverty by the end of this decade. In response, governments seek...
Climate change disproportionately impacts people living in poverty, threatening to plunge more than 130 million more people into extreme poverty by the end of this decade. In response, governments seek...
The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for timely information to help monitor and mitigate the socio-economic impact of the crisis. This information is essential to inform policy measures for protecting...
This brief, the first in a two-part series, provides an overview of the evidence on key features of women’s travel behavior and the barriers they face in accessing public transport in developing countries...
This note uses data from the High Frequency Survey on the COVID-19 Impacts on Households to derive results. It briefly addresses the following: COVID-19 and vaccination update; employment and income loss;...
Utilities attempting to extend service to low-income settlements are frequently trapped in a vicious circle: poor cost recovery contributes to inadequate service provision and this in turn fuels customer...
The economic impact of the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic remains significantly more severe on businesses than the first, according to the World Bank’s firm-level survey. As government...
This Jobs Solutions Note identifies approaches for development practitioners and policymakers to better integrate poor smallholders into agricultural value chains. Based on curated knowledge and evidence...
Self-employment promoted through women’s groups has often been cited as a promising intervention to transition more women back to the labor force, especially in South Asia. This study provides empirical...
Overview of implementation experience and progress: the first phase of the National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP), which aimed to reach 4.8 million rural women, was implemented across 13 states, 162...
Over the last years, the World Bank engagement on so called governance and anticorruption (GAC) global issues has had two main drivers. The first is the World Development Report (WDR) 2001, which demonstrates...
По прогнозам, рост реального ВВП за весь 2019 год составит 4,2 процента, так как в последние три месяца года рост производства золота замедляется. В среднесрочной перспективе экономическая активность...
Gold production increased substantially in 2019, providing a strong boost to economic growth. Output from the country's largest gold mine, Kumtor, rose by 33 percent year on year in January-October, a...
Knowledge is a sustainable advantage and using knowledge assets can increase value within an organization. Knowledge advantage—effectively capturing and using know-how and insights in a business environment—advocates...
We revisit the relevance of the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)against growth performance, with attention to possible biases arising from qualitative andquantitative changes...
Young Africans are less likely to have a bank account than adults on the continent. At the same time, they are more likely to have a mobile phone, try out new things and be aware of digital channels. This...
Labor market dynamics have played a significant role in the social gains experienced recently across Latin America. Assessing the quality of employment, beyond the perspective of income, to include other...
This note comes in three sections. First, the information required for political economy analysis of energy subsidy reforms is presented. Second, a summary is given of the information that can usually...
ESS9 recognizes that strong domestic capital and financial markets and access to finance are important for economic development, growth and poverty reduction. The Bank is committed to supporting sustainable...