During the COVID-19 pandemic, low- and middle-income countries struggled with lower vaccination rates compared to wealthier countries, posing challenges to reducing virus transmission, mitigating healthcare...
The proliferation of misinformation and disinformation threatens to erode the credibility of public institutions and limit their capacity to implement policies that enhance public well-being. While health...
In the wake of the pandemic, the greatest obstacle to COVID-19 vaccination in the Caribbean is vaccine acceptance and uptake rather than supply. Social media surveys were conducted in three Caribbean countries...
In the wake of the pandemic, the greatest obstacle to COVID-19 vaccination in the Caribbean is vaccine acceptance and uptake rather than supply. Social media surveys were conducted in three Caribbean countries...
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the need for public health departments to improve how they address the behavioral components of health. Efforts to understand and address the linkages between behavior...
Countering COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has been a challenge in Saudi Arabia, one of the countries affected most by the pandemic in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Aims: To identify information needs...
This toolkit aims to help WB task team leads and other practitioners apply behavioral science principles to identify factors influencing clean energy technology adoption and design effective solutions...
Today the world faces unprecedented challenges in waste management while the state of the municipal waste management sector globally is a matter of concern. To reverse current trends related to waste generation...
Female labor force participation in Mashreq countries is notably low due to a range of structural constraints that are further exacerbated by gender norms. This knowledge brief highlights lessons learned...
Un experimento que aplicó ciencias del comportamiento logró aumentar de manera significativa el número de aplicaciones a un programa de gestión de recursos naturales de mujeres en localidades de difícil...
An experiment using behavioral sciences significantly increased the number of applications to a natural resource management program from women in harder-to-reach localities, showing that rural women in...
Mientras los países continúan buscando formas de recuperarse de la pandemia de COVID-19, tienen la oportunidad única de formular políticas para impulsar sus economías de manera más inclusiva y sostenible...
As countries continue to seek ways to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, they have the unique opportunity to develop policies aimed at boosting their economies in a way that is more inclusive and sustainable...
Em Recife, a empresa de água e saneamento do estado é responsável pela realização das obras da rede de esgoto e cada domicílio é responsável pela sua conexão até a rede instalada na rua. No entanto, nem...
In Recife, Brazil, the water and sanitation utility company is responsible for constructing the public sewerage network. However, connecting a house to the available network in the street is each household’s...
In recent decades, Egypt has made significant investments in closing gender gaps, including the passage of several laws in support of the rights of Egyptian women. Social and gender norms represent critical...
Natural resources management (NRM) helps protect forests and promote sustainable development. Although women are key in strengthening activities in NRM, they are dramatically underrepresented in public...
Addressing the growing burden of noncommunicable diseases to achieve healthy longevity for an aging population has become central to global health policy goals. New policy tools are needed for effectively...
Globally, countries did not meet the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) of reaching 70 percent coverage of vaccination against COVID-19 by June 2022. In July 2022, the WHO updated its COVID-19...
Globally, countries did not meet the goal of the World Health Organization (WHO) of reaching 70 percent coverage of vaccination against COVID-19 by June 2022. In July 2022, the WHO updated its COVID-19...