The largest cash transfer program in Jordan, operated by the National Aid Fund (NAF), regularly benefited approximately 100,000 households by the end of 2018 (almost 10 percent of the population. NAF provides...
Facilitating access to financial services is a core component of most economic inclusion programs, which aim to build resilience and create opportunities for poor and vulnerable households. These programs...
Family law has witnessed significant global progress over the past 50 years: Since 1970, 600 million women have gained economic opportunities through family law reforms. In 1970, only 37 economies had...
Facilitating access to financial services is a core component of most economic inclusion programs, which aim to build resilience and create opportunities for poor and vulnerable households. These programs...
The development objective of the Productive Economic Inclusion in Lebanon Project for Lebanon is to improve the welfare of low-income Lebanese households through productive economic inclusion. The project...
Poverty increased by 2.8 percentage points between 2018 and 2021 in Guinea Bissau. Trends in poverty between 2018 and 2021 have largely gone in the same direction in urban and rural areas but remain higher...
Poverty increased by 2.8 percentage points between 2018 and 2021 in Guinea Bissau. Trends in poverty between 2018 and 2021 have largely gone in the same direction in urban and rural areas but remain higher...
The development objective of Supporting Growth and Resilience Development Policy Operation Project for Moldova is to: (i) strengthen resilience of refugees and households; (ii) foster sustainable growth...
In June 2020, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), in collaboration with the World Bank, officially launched the Uganda High Frequency Phone Survey (UHFPS) to track the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic...
The objectives of the National University Development Project for Vietnam are: to improve the relevance and quality of the graduates and research products of Vietnam National University-Hanoi, Vietnam...
Important reform decisions have been taken for Nigeria to avoid a fiscal cliff, and temporary compensation is being provided to help the poorest and most vulnerable households. In May and June 2023, the...
Gisela is among the large and diverse group of informal sector workers in urban Liberia who lack social protection coverage, have little interaction with formal financial institutions, and depend on informal...
In Zambia, poverty remains high and largely concentrated in remote places, with an estimated poverty incidence of 76.5 percent in rural areas in 2015, and likely worsening since then. The bulk of the rural...
The armed conflict in El Salvador during the 1980 and 1990s left lasting impacts on the country. Today, there are an estimated 250,000 persons with disabilities in El Salvador (approximately 4.1 percent...
2023 年一季度的经济活动随着出行限制的取消和服务支出激增而有所反弹,但增长势头自 4 月份以来放缓。2023 年一季度 GDP 同比增长 4.5%,高于 2022 年全年 3%的增幅。一季度的复苏得益于被压抑的消费需求的释放、房地产活动的初步改善和政策支持等因素。然而,4 月份以来增长势头放缓,表明中国的复苏仍然脆弱且有赖于政策支持。经济复苏为政策制定者提供了一个重要机会,使其可将重点重新放到更长期的发展目标上。结构性改革对于巩固经济复苏和实现以下更长期目标仍然至关重要:(i)通过以生产率驱动并且环境可持续的增长,到2035...
While the impact of COVID-19 on Sub-Saharan African labor markets is well documented, there is suggestive evidence that urban households may have fared particularly poorly. This paper uses data from high-frequency...
The World Bank carried out a second phone survey to monitor food insecurity and vulnerability in Yemen. The survey, implemented between January and March 2023, aims to provide an update on the welfare...
Colombia is increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and the greater recurrence of disaster events. In this context, the government has been gradually adapting its installed capacities...
Uganda’s rural households and the poor experience more frequent shocks and have limited safety nets, leading to higher rates of vulnerability and making it difficult to escape poverty. During the last...
This infographic covers the slowing growth and little progress in poverty reduction during the last decade in Ugandan households for 2022.