Documents & Reports
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Povos Indígenas e a Amazônia Brasileira : Desafios e Perspectivas para um Futuro Sustentável e Inclusivo (Portuguese)
Os Povos Indígenas e suas Terras desempenham um papel essencial na proteção das florestas e biomas contra o desmatamento, na conservação da biodiversidade e na regulação do equilíbrio climático. No entanto...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 200257 Document Date: April 4, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Financing Firm Growth : The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (English)
Well-functioning capital markets can foster economic growth and allocate resources efficiently. Firms can tap into a broader funding base by issuing debt and equity in capital markets, often at cheaper...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 200178 Document Date: April 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cesaire Assah Meh,Sergio Schmukler
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Financing Firm Growth : The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries - Overview (English)
Well-functioning capital markets can foster economic growth and allocate resources efficiently. Firms can tap into a broader funding base by issuing debt and equity in capital markets, often at cheaper...
Document Type: Publication Report No.: 200178 Document Date: April 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cesaire Assah Meh,Sergio Schmukler
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Unlocking the Potential of Household Surveys to Measure Women’s Access to Social Protection (English)
This paper uses household survey data from 27 countries to assess sex-differentiated access to social protection programs and their impact on mitigating gender gaps in the labor market. The analysis includes...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 200228 Document Date: April 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Claudia P. Rodriguez Alas,Ana Veronica Lopez,Ingrid Mujica
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Wake-Up Calls for Social Assistance? An Unfinished Mission to Reach the Poor and Beyond : State of Social Protection Report 2025 - The 2-Billion-Person Challenge Background Paper #3 (English)
This paper examines the current state of play and trends in social assistance in terms of spending, coverage, incidence, benefit size, and poverty reduction impacts using administrative data and household...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 200280 Document Date: March 31, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Yuko Okamura,Hrishikesh TMM Iyengar,Colin Andrews
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Optimizing Labor Market Programs and Strengthening Delivery Systems for Impact and Scale (English)
This paper examines the design and implementation of labor market (LM) programs to address employment challenges across diverse economic contexts. LM programs are critical in enhancing employment opportunities...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 200227 Document Date: March 31, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Eliana Carranza,Matteo Morgandi,Diana Sverdlin
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Adaptive Social Protection Agenda : Lessons from Responses to COVID-19 Shock (English)
The paper examines the social protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic across 76 emerging and developing economies (EDEs) to identify lessons on how to make these systems more resilient against risks...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 200229 Document Date: March 31, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Emil Daniel Tesliuc,Maria Belen Fontenez
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Riding the Demographic Wave : Pensions and Retirement Income in an Aging World (English)
This report examines the state of pension and social insurance systems globally, focusing on old-age income protection. It analyzes expenditure, coverage, adequacy of benefits, and sustainability of both...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 200230 Document Date: March 31, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gonzalo Reyes Hartley,Miglena Abels
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Mind the Gap : Coverage, Adequacy, and Financing Gaps in Social Protection for the Extreme Poor and the Poorest Quintile (English)
Mind the gap evaluates the progress in strengthening social protection and labor systems in emerging and developing economies (EDEs) in three areas: coverage, adequacy of benefits for the poor, and level...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 200255 Document Date: March 31, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Emil Daniel Tesliuc,Ana Sofia Martinez Cordova
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The World Bank Group in Somalia Fiscal Years 2013-23 - Country Program Evaluation (English)
In 2012, Somalia was considered a failed state characterized by multiple, protracted, and deeply rooted fragility and development challenges. Today, Somalia remains one of the poorest and most fragile...
Document Type: IEG Evaluation Report No.: 197395 Document Date: March 25, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Mobilizing Public-Private Solutions to Manage the Financial Impacts of Natural Hazards in Emerging Market and Developing Economies : Challenges and Opportunities of Operationalizing Public Private Insurance Programs (English)
Managing the impacts of disasters in emerging markets is an urgent necessity as climate related shocks grow in frequency and intensity. Governments face fiscal constraints, and insurance penetration remains...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 200025 Document Date: March 25, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bianca Adam,Stephane Hallegatte,Olivier Mahul
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Learning in World Bank Lending – An Independent Evaluation (English)
The World Bank Group considers itself a “Knowledge Bank.” The Bank’s knowledge work contributes to development outcomes both by informing clients in various policy and reform areas, and by informing staff...
Document Type: IEG Evaluation Report No.: 197067 Document Date: March 24, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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TV, TEDx, and Tweets: Measuring the Impacts of a Multi-Pronged Edutainment Program in the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan (English)
The evidence so far is mixed as to whether educational entertainment (or “edutainment”) can create sustainable changes in financial attitudes and behaviors, and few studies have tested such hypotheses...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS11088 Document Date: March 21, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fowler,Ben,Christopher Joseph Heitzig,Khan,Marrium,Renuka Pai,Sakshi Varma
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Impacts and Spillovers of a Low-Cost Multifaceted Economic Inclusion Program in Chad (English)
This study analyzes the direct effects and local spillovers of a low-cost multifaceted economic inclusion program through a randomized controlled trial in Chad. The intervention included group savings...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS11084 Document Date: March 12, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Patrick Premand,Pascale Schnitzer
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Income Taxation of the Top Earners in Honduras: Linking Personal and Corporate Taxes (English)
This note examines the effective income tax rates of top earners in Honduras, using a novel approach that links personal and corporate income tax data. This comprehensive income measure, achieved through...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 197707 Document Date: March 7, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Thiago Scot,Pierre Bachas,Santiago Cesteros,Tatiana Flores,Gabriel Oqueli,Edgardo Enrique Espinal Hernandez,Wilman Alonso Ponce Nuñez,Sahira Rocio Canales Licona
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The Case for Cycling Infrastructure Investments (English)
The Case for Cycling Infrastructure Investments presents CyclingMax, a cost-benefit analysis tool designed to assist decision-makers in evaluating investments in cycling infrastructure. The report highlights...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 197670 Document Date: March 6, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Guo, Feng,Du, Jianhe,Kazuyuki Neki,Lama Bou Mjahed,Georges Bianco Darido,Wei Wang,Ana Waksberg Guerrini
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Early-Stage Evaluation of International Finance Corporation Platforms Approach : Addressing Development Challenges at Scale - An Independent Evaluation (English)
In December 2022, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) redefined platforms as a mechanism for scaling new business development. This is an early-stage evaluation assessing IFC’s platforms approach...
Document Type: IEG Evaluation Report No.: 197066 Document Date: March 5, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Seeds of Change : The Impact of Ethiopia’s Direct Seed Marketing Approach on Smallholders’ Seed Purchases and Productivity (English)
Several factors contribute to the limited use of improved seed varieties in Ethiopia. Among those, on the supply side, is the restricted availability of seeds in the volume, quality, and timeliness required...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS11078 Document Date: March 3, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dawit Kelemework Mekonnen,Abate,Gashaw T.,Yimam,Seid,Benfica,Rui,Spielman,David J.,Place,Frank
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Economic Policy : Estimating Value Added Tax (VAT) and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) Gaps in Indonesia (English)
This note presents the results of the analysis of Value Added Tax (VAT) and Corporate Income Tax (CIT) compliance and policy gap estimates in Indonesia between 2016 and 2021. The study's objective is to...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 197554 Document Date: March 2, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Rong Qian,Grzegorz Poniatowski
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2024 Global Report on the Use of Accrual Accounting for Fiscal Management (English)
The report presents an analysis of the adoption and implementation of accrual accounting in the public sector to explore its role in providing information on fiscal sustainability, informing economic analysis...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 197561 Document Date: March 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Bonnie Ann Sirois,Srinivas Gurazada