Evidence-based parenting programs are interventions aimed at improving behaviors, parental practices, skills, and knowledge to promote healthy child development, through support and education from professionals...
The June 2022 release of Learning Poverty estimates involves several changes to the data underlying the country-level Learning Poverty figures. This document provides details of the key changes made. Some...
This note develops back-of-the-envelope estimates of what it would cost to provide all children with a life raft: schooling at a minimum quality level to achieve literacy and develops a framework of interventions...
Municipalities are facing a dual challenge of a complicated planning landscape and a fragmented financing environment. They are required to prepare, implement, and assess various (theoretically compatible)...
Since the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in January 2020,plastic pollution around the world has signicantly increased with substantial demand for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which is made from...
Global growth prospects have deteriorated significantly since the beginning of the year, raising the specter of global recession. This paper relies on insights gleaned from previous global recessions to...
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ESS4 recognizes that project activities, equipment, and infrastructure can increase community exposure to risks and impacts. In addition, communities that are already subjected to impacts from climate...
ESS4 recognizes that project activities, equipment, and infrastructure can increase community exposure to risks and impacts. In addition, communities that are already subjected to impacts from climate...
Small dams play an important role in the provision of many kinds of benefits, such as drinking and irrigation water supply, flood control, small/mini hydropower generation, fishing, and so on. They are...
This note focuses on how micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) are affected by the pandemic and are dealing with its impact in Iraq. This note is part of a series that will provide snapshots...
COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented shock to the global economy. While Vietnam has shown resilience, the pandemic has resulted in a supply shock as regular work and supply chains are disrupted. It has...
COVID-19 has caused an unprecedented shock to the global economy. While Vietnam has shown resilience, the pandemic has resulted in a supply shock as regular work and supply chains are disrupted. It has...
Due to the limited penetration of bank branches across rural India, access to formal financial services has been a pipe dream for millions of rural poor for decades. However, with the advent of branch-less...
FinTech has tremendous potential in the Europe & Central Asia (ECA) region, given its high mobile phone and internet access levels and scope for increased use of digital payments. However, there are major...
ESS4 recognizes that project activities, equipment, and infrastructure can increase community exposure to risks and impacts. In addition, communities that are already subjected to impacts from climate...
Most countries face governance challenges at different levels: governance breakdowns are triggered by weak systems and processes governing the overall functioning of the public administration, in particular...
India has among the highest rates of child malnutrition worldwide, with Bihar one of the worst affected states. With the intent of combating food insecurity, the Government of India (GoI) and the state...
ESS4 recognizes that project activities, equipment, and infrastructure can increase community exposure to risks and impacts. In addition, communities that are already subjected to impacts from climate...
This is the fourth in the series of ten good practice notes under the Energy Sector Reform Assessment Framework (ESRAF), an initiative of the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) of the...