Documents & Reports
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Behavior Change for Low Carbon Energy Access Technologies - A Toolkit (English)
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...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 189218 Document Date: April 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ailin Tomio,DeRoy, Emma
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Leveraging Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) to Transform Gender Attitudes and Norms in Mashreq Countries (English)
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...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 190786 Document Date: March 1, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dana Ghazi Nabeeh Qarout,Jonna Maria Lundvall,Nour Nasr,Mohamad Chatila
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Ampliando as Conexoes de Esgoto um Diagnostico Comportamental: Infográfico (Portuguese)
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...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 186381 Document Date: December 11, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jorge Luis Castaneda Nunez,Juliana Neves Soares Brescianini,Pfeifer,Flora Finamor,Murilo De Carvalho Marques,Santos,Leonardo Gill Correia,Helena Dill
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Increasing Wastewater Connections a Behavioral Diagnostic: Infographic (English)
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...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 186381 Document Date: December 11, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Jorge Luis Castaneda Nunez,Juliana Neves Soares Brescianini,Pfeifer,Flora Finamor,Murilo De Carvalho Marques,Santos,Leonardo Gill Correia,Helena Dill
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Social Norms and Female Labor Force Participation in Egypt (English)
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...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 182972 Document Date: June 20, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nahla Zeitoun,Souraya El Assiouty,Tasmia Rahman,Osman, Magued,Girgis, Hanan,Dana Ghazi Nabeeh Qarout,Elkhorazaty,Noha
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Using Behavioral Science to Increase Women’s Participation in Natural Resource Management in Mexico (English)
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...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10419 Document Date: April 21, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Reyes-Retana,Graciela,Pons,Gonzalo Antonio,Siegmann,Katharina,Afif,Zeina,Gomez-Garcia,Margarita,Soto-Mota,Pablo,Castaneda Farill,Carmen Elena
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Strengthening 21st Century Skills is a Viable Pathway to Improving Youth Labor Market Outcomes in South Africa : An Impact Evaluation of the Youth Employment Services (YES) Program (English)
Jobs entry conditions are tough for disadvantaged youth in a tight labor market. South African employers prefer to hire employees who have at least completed a secondary school education and one year of...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 179190 Document Date: December 22, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Gender and Social Protection in Iraq : Towards Economic Empowerment - Community and Intra Household Norms Against Women’s Work : What Matters? (English)
This report is one of several in the region that attempts to unravel the puzzle of the exceptionally low female labor force participation (FLFP) rates in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 178281 Document Date: December 4, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ismail,Tala,Qarout,Dana Ghazi Nabeeh,Sen,Iman Kalyan
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My Skills, My Career Superpowers : How Skillcraft Helps Jobseekers to Self-assess, Identify and Develop Skills for Jobs in South Africa (English)
South African employers are increasingly seeking workers with 21st century skills, which can be defined as executive function and socioemotional skills as the workplace shifts toward the service sector...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 177854 Document Date: November 18, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Mind, Behavior, and Development Unit Results Portfolio : Applying Behavioral Science to End Poverty and Enhance Equity (English)
Policy makers are increasingly turning to behavioral science to help tackle intractable policy challenges, including increasing student learning, raising savings rates, promoting energy and resource conservation...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 155113 Document Date: August 19, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Behavioral Sciences Approach to Empowering Women in Forest Landscape : Diagnostics Toolkit (English)
Forests and terrestrial ecosystems play a primary environmental role in climate-change mitigation and adaptation. In many developing countries, forests provide ecosystem services and support the livelihoods...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 174467 Document Date: July 26, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Castaneda Nunez,Jorge Luis,Afif,Zeina,Siegmann,Katharina,Llopis Abella,Jimena,Leyton Zamora,Alejandra,Scheunemann,Laurenz Karim Franziskus
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Psychological Distress One Year into the COVID-19 Pandemic : Results From the Fifth Round of the Household High Frequency Monitoring Survey in Sudan (English)
The outbreak of COVID-19 coincided with a period of significant economic, social, and political challenges in Sudan. The most significant of these were related to the recent establishment of a transitional...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 174520 Document Date: May 31, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Maria Gabriela Farfan Betran,Gayoso,Lyliana,Osman,Eiman Adil Mohamed,Yacoub,Azza Ahmed Abdel Aziz
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Socio-Emotional Drivers of Youth Unemployment : The Case of Higher Educated Youth in Sudan (English)
This study seeks to contribute to the existing literature in Sudan by analyzing psychological, social, and behavioral drivers of youth employment in combination with key structural issues identified in...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 174540 Document Date: May 31, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: De Martino,Samantha Ashley,Gayoso,Lyliana,Osman,Eiman Adil Mohamed,Maria Gabriela Farfan Betran
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Behavioral Insights to Reduce Open Waste Burning in Lao PDR : Behavioral Insights and Policy Options (English)
In order to promote environmentally friendly behaviors, it is fundamental not only to consider and modify already existing infrastructure and facilities, or rethink physical prompts and cues in the environment...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 176590 Document Date: May 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tomio,Andrea Ailin,Vakis,Renos,Rawlins,Maurice Andres
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Women’s Labor Force Participation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq : A Study of Social and Psychological Barriers (English)
Women’s labor force participation in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq is very low, at 14 percent. This paper investigates a number of social and psychological barriers to participation, using recent methods...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS10028 Document Date: April 28, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Iman,Sen,Afif,Zeina,Gauri,Varun,Mohamed,Gohdar
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Behavioral Approaches to Address Gender Inequality in Economic Opportunity (English)
Recent innovations in policy interventions have departed from the traditional assumption that people just need sufficient information, adequate incentives (such as lower costs or benefits) or laws for...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 170153 Document Date: April 4, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Walsh,Christopher M.
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Nudging in the Time of the Coronavirus : Evidence from an Experimental Tax Trial in Albania at the Onset of a Global Pandemic (English)
This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial testing the effectiveness of taxpayer communications informed by behavioral science in inducing business payroll tax compliance at the onset...
Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS9961 Document Date: March 7, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Karver,Jonathan George,Shijaku,Hilda,Ungerer,Christoph T F
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A Behavioral Approach to Uncover Barriers to Maternal Care in Haiti (English)
Haiti has the highest maternal mortality rates (MMR) in the Latin America and Caribbean region, and low rates of institutional care contribute to high MMR. Although both structural and behavioral barriers...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 163468 Document Date: August 23, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Perge,Emilie Bernadette,Llopis Abella,Jimena
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Increasing Tax Compliance for SMEs in Indonesia (English)
Behaviorally informed messages have had demonstrated success in increasing tax compliance in multiple regional settings. In Indonesia, which has the largest economy in Southeast Asia, a trial from the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 157646 Document Date: July 27, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Increasing Tax Compliance for SMEs in Indonesia (Bahasa (Indonesian))
Behaviorally informed messages have had demonstrated success in increasing tax compliance in multiple regional settings. In Indonesia, which has the largest economy in Southeast Asia, a trial from the...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 157646 Document Date: July 27, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed