Documents & Reports
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Trends in the Delivery of Social Assistance Payments before COVID-19 : Results of Survey and Interviews Conducted with World Bank Country Teams between December 2019 and February 2020 (English)
This brief offers a snapshot of the state of social assistance payments as of early 2020, especially as it relates to the transition to digital, account-based transfers which support financial inclusion...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 168308 Document Date: February 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Meier,Chrissy Martin,Rodriguez,Luz Stella,Lopez,Ana Veronica,Ardic Alper,Oya Pinar,Marin Espinosa,Ana Georgina
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Social Protection and Labor – Disaster Risk Management Toolkit (English)
This toolkit was conceived for the use of two groups of World Bank Group (WBG) staff and consultants. The primary target users consist of social protection and labor (SPL) specialists who help WBG client...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 153452 Document Date: September 29, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mori,Hideki,Makino,Yuka,Nishikawa Chavez,Kenichi Victor,Shaw,Rajib,Kryeziu,Adea,Dillard,Raiden C.,Bowen,Thomas Vaughan,Maher,Barry Patrick,Hobson,Matthew Liam,Lopez,Ana Veronica,Vargas,Erika,Pereira Guimaraes Leite,Phillippe George,Abel,Simeon Joachim,Webster,Douglas Richard,Kalvatcheva,Galina Georgieva,Talamantes, Llanco
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Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19 : A Real-Time Review of Country Measures (July 10, 2020) (English)
Some key finds from this "living paper" include : Global COVID-19 (coronavirus) cases continue to rise, but so do social protections responses to the pandemic. Social assistance accounts for most of the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 150808 Document Date: July 10, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gentilini,Ugo,Almenfi,Mohamed Bubaker Alsafi,Lopez,Ana Veronica,Zafar,Usama
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Social Protection and Jobs Responses to COVID-19 : A Real-Time Review of Country Measures (June 12, 2020) (Vol. 1 of 2) (English)
Some key finds from this "living paper" include : After nearly 3 months since version 1 of this paper was released, the number of countries and territories as well as social protection measures continue...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 149681 Document Date: June 12, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gentilini,Ugo,Almenfi,Mohamed Bubaker Alsafi,Dale,Pamela,Lopez,Ana Veronica,Mujica Canas,Ingrid Veronica,Cordero,Rodrigo Ernesto Quintana,Zafar,Usama
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Toward solutions for youth employment : a 2015 baseline report (Vol. 2 of 2) (English)
Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) were launched in October 2014 as a multi-stakeholder coalition to positively disrupt the youth employment landscape. S4YE is a partnership initiated by the World Bank...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 101548 Document Date: October 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hobson,Matthew Liam,Goldin,Nicole Renee,Lopez,Ana Veronica,Gonzalez, Susana Puerto,Glick,Peter J.,Mejia Gonzalez,Nelly Josefina,Perez-Arce, Francisco
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Toward solutions for youth employment : a 2015 baseline report (Vol. 1 of 2) : Overview (English)
Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) were launched in October 2014 as a multi-stakeholder coalition to positively disrupt the youth employment landscape. S4YE is a partnership initiated by the World Bank...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 101548 Document Date: October 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hobson,Matthew Liam,Goldin,Nicole Renee,Lopez,Ana Veronica,Gonzalez, Susana Puerto,Glick,Peter J.,Mejia Gonzalez,Nelly Josefina,Perez-Arce, Francisco
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Five feet high and rising : cities and flooding in the 21st century (English)
Urban flooding is an increasingly important issue. Disaster statistics appear to show flood events are becoming more frequent, with medium-scale events increasing fastest. The impact of flooding is driven...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS5648 Document Date: May 1, 2011 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Barker,Robert,Bhattacharya, Namrata,Bird, Alan,Bloch, Robin,Davies, John,Jha,Abhas Kumar,Lamond, Jessica,Lopez,Ana Veronica,Papachristodoulou, Nikolaos,Proverbs, David