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  • Financial Pathways toward Greater Resilience and Economic Inclusion (English)

    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...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 198038 Document Date: March 26, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Serena Stepanovic,Ines Arevalo-Sanchez,Vidya Diwakar,Dan Gilligan

  • 데이터 기반 혁신의 구현 : 한국의 AI 활용 데이터 정책∙방식 및 시사점 (Korean)

    Over the past few decades, the Republic of Korea has consciously undertaken initiatives to transform its economy into a competitive, data-driven system. The primary objectives of this transition were to...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 186938 Document Date: January 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zaki B. Khoury,Ko,Yoon Seok,Eom,Seok Jin,Park, Keon Chul,Park, Jung-Eun,Cho, Bora,Jisoo Lee,Yulia Lesnichaya

  • March 2020 PovcalNet Update : What's New (English)

    The March 2020 update to PovcalNet involves several changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. Some welfare aggregates have been changed for improved harmonization, and some of the CPI...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 147009 Document Date: January 1, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Atamanov,Aziz,Castaneda Aguilar,Raul Andres,Fujs,Tony Henri Mathias Jany,Dewina,Reno,Diaz-Bonilla,Carolina,Mahler,Daniel Gerszon,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Lakner,Christoph,Matytsin,Mikhail,Montes,Jose,Moreno Herrera,Laura Liliana,Mungai,Rose,Newhouse,David Locke,Nguyen,Minh Cong,Parada Gomez Urquiza,Francisco Javier,Silwal,Ani Rudra,Sanchez Castro,Diana Marcela,Schoch,Marta,Vargas Mogollon,David Leonardo,Viveros Mendoza,Martha Celmira,Yang,Judy,Yoshida,Nobuo,Wu,Haoyu

  • Supporting Jobs in Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) Situations (English)

    This Jobs Solutions Note identifies practical solutions for development practitioners and policymakers to design and implement policies and programs that improve jobs outcomes for in FCV contexts. Based...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 148185 Document Date: April 29, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Von Der Goltz,Jan,Mavridis,Dimitris

  • IFC’s Perspective on GAC and the Governance Global Practice (English)

    The governance and anti-corruption (GAC) agenda have provided a useful forum for exchanging ideas relating to governance within the World Bank Group (WBG). Through the initiatives of the GAC Secretariat...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 143496 Document Date: October 13, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Hafeez,Rohil,Rogers,Stephanie

  • Extreme Weather and Poverty Risk : Evidence from Multiple Shocks in Mozambique (English)

    Thanks to strong economic growth over the last two decades, poverty in Mozambique has decreased and the average household is now more likely to access basic education, health, and housing. Yet, the country...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 135125 Document Date: March 6, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo,Caruso,German Daniel,Niu,Chiyu

  • Macro and Micro Features of Successful Economic Convergence : The Case of Poland (English)

    This paper examines the patterns of growth of Poland, and its transition into high-income status over the past two decades from a macro and micro perspective. It benchmarks Polish performance with that...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 133617 Document Date: January 9, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Schiffbauer,Marc Tobias,Varela,Gonzalo J.

  • Access to Justice Advances Development Goals (English)

    Access to justice, the ability of citizens and communities to resolve disputes and uphold rights, is key to attaining the World Bank’s twin goals of eliminating poverty and promoting shared prosperity...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 134546 Document Date: January 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Panter,Elaine Rene Elizabeth,Harley,Georgia

  • South Africa Economic Update : jobs and inequality (English)

    This report reviews South Africa’s recent economic and social developments. It underlines that South Africa’s current economic rebound may not be sustained if the fundamental factors undermining its growth...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 125011 Document Date: April 5, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dessus,Sebastien C.,Hanusch,Marek

  • 2018 Results in the Latin America and Caribbean Region (English)

    The Latin America and the Caribbean region has turned the corner, growing again after six years of economic slowdown. Economic growth is key to continue making progress on the social front and return to...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 168502 Document Date: April 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Fien-Helfman,Samantha Abigail

  • Respecting land rights and averting land disputes (English)

    This note provides guidance on how to ensure that agricultural investments respect existing land rights, both formal and informal, and thereby avert land disputes. Failure to respect land rights - in particular...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 124286 Document Date: March 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • Youth labor skill training in Nepal (English)

    Training is one of the main ways that the Nepal government intervenes in the labor market. This descriptive study documents patterns, trends, correlates, and the labor market effects of formal off-the-job...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 123027 Document Date: January 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Raju,Dhushyanth

  • Sierra Leone - Jobs Diagnostic (English)

    Sierra Leone is a relatively small economy with potential for jobs-rich growth. It is an extremely poor nation with substantial mineral, agricultural, and fishery resources. Nearly half of the working-age...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 122016 Document Date: December 11, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gonzalez,Alvaro S.,Michel Gutierrez,Veronica

  • Safety : Why Safety Matters for Sustainable Mobility (English)

    Safety is one of four global goals identified in the Global Mobility Report (GMR)—along with universal access, efficiency, and green mobility. The safety goal is aimed at curbing the human pain, suffering...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 130017 Document Date: December 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Job,Raymond Franklin Soames,Gomez,Hilda

  • Are public credit guarantees worth the hype? (English)

    Public credit guarantees have become a popular instrument to try to expand lending to financially constrained firms. In many instances, these schemes have proven useful to increase access to finance. However...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 121486 Document Date: November 1, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Abraham,Facundo,Schmukler,Sergio L.