Documents & Reports
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What’s at Play? Unpacking the Relationship between Teaching and Learning (English)
Using unique nationally representative school and system survey data from 13 education systems in low and middle-income countries collected through the World Bank’s Global Education Policy Dashboard (GEPD)...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 196418 Document Date: January 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brian Stacy,Maryam Akmal,Halsey Rogers,Sergio Venegas Marin,Hersheena Rajaram,Viyaleta Farysheuskaya
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Pathways to Climate-Resilient Economic Inclusion : A Framework for Integrating Climate Action in Economic Inclusion Programs. (English)
Climate change disproportionately impacts people living in poverty, threatening to plunge more than 130 million more people into extreme poverty by the end of this decade. In response, governments seek...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 185495 Document Date: October 30, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Costella,Cecilia Valentina,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Donoghoe,Manann,Giron Pena,Liz De Los Milagros
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Pathways to Climate-Resilient Economic Inclusion : A Framework for Integrating Climate Action in Economic Inclusion Programs (English)
Climate change disproportionately impacts people living in poverty, threatening to plunge more than 130 million more people into extreme poverty by the end of this decade. In response, governments seek...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 185495 Document Date: October 26, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Costella,Cecilia Valentina,Clay,Timothy Joseph Peter,Donoghoe,Manann,Giron Pena,Liz De Los Milagros
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Monitoring COVID-19 Impact on Households in Zimbabwe : Results from the Ninth Round Frequency Telephone Survey of Households (English)
The COVID-19 pandemic created an urgent need for timely information to help monitor and mitigate the socio-economic impact of the crisis. This information is essential to inform policy measures for protecting...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 191295 Document Date: March 5, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Constraints to Women’s Use of Public Transport in Developing Countries, Part I : High Costs, Limited Access, and Lack of Comfort (English)
This brief, the first in a two-part series, provides an overview of the evidence on key features of women’s travel behavior and the barriers they face in accessing public transport in developing countries...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 174675 Document Date: August 2, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Borker,Girija
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Monitoring Impact on The Gambia Households’ Wellbeing from October 22 - November 6, 2021 (English)
This note uses data from the High Frequency Survey on the COVID-19 Impacts on Households to derive results. It briefly addresses the following: COVID-19 and vaccination update; employment and income loss;...
Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 167604 Document Date: October 31, 2021 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Dominican Republic - Lessons from the Energy Sector : A Citizen Engagement Snapshot (English)
Utilities attempting to extend service to low-income settlements are frequently trapped in a vicious circle: poor cost recovery contributes to inadequate service provision and this in turn fuels customer...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 159154 Document Date: December 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gesund Forero,Jessica,Keener,Sarah
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The Firm-Level Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic : Fifth Round Results (English)
The economic impact of the second wave of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic remains significantly more severe on businesses than the first, according to the World Bank’s firm-level survey. As government...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 154606 Document Date: November 24, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Agriculture, Jobs, and Value Chains in Africa (English)
This Jobs Solutions Note identifies approaches for development practitioners and policymakers to better integrate poor smallholders into agricultural value chains. Based on curated knowledge and evidence...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 148183 Document Date: April 29, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Christiaensen,Luc
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Women in the Workforce : How has the National Rural Livelihoods Mission Improved Female Labor Force Participation (English)
Self-employment promoted through women’s groups has often been cited as a promising intervention to transition more women back to the labor force, especially in South Asia. This study provides empirical...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 148847 Document Date: April 15, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Kakkar,Deepti
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Moving Forward towards Rural Economic Transformation (English)
Overview of implementation experience and progress: the first phase of the National Rural Livelihoods Project (NRLP), which aimed to reach 4.8 million rural women, was implemented across 13 states, 162...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 148852 Document Date: March 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Acharya,Gayatri
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Coordinating the Global Governance Agenda (English)
Over the last years, the World Bank engagement on so called governance and anticorruption (GAC) global issues has had two main drivers. The first is the World Development Report (WDR) 2001, which demonstrates...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 143486 Document Date: October 13, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Pesme,Jean Denis
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Kyrgyz Republic Economic Update : Strong Growth Led by the Gold Sector – With a Special Focus on Public Investment Management (Russian)
Gold production increased substantially in 2019, providing a strong boost to economic growth. Output from the country's largest gold mine, Kumtor, rose by 33 percent year on year in January-October, a...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 144596 Document Date: September 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Kyrgyz Republic Economic Update : Strong Growth Led by the Gold Sector – With a Special Focus on Public Investment Management (English)
Gold production increased substantially in 2019, providing a strong boost to economic growth. Output from the country's largest gold mine, Kumtor, rose by 33 percent year on year in January-October, a...
Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 144596 Document Date: September 1, 2019 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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Managing Knowledge When Procuring Financial Management Information Systems (English)
Knowledge is a sustainable advantage and using knowledge assets can increase value within an organization. Knowledge advantage—effectively capturing and using know-how and insights in a business environment—advocates...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 132873 Document Date: December 12, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Lo,Lina,Brumby,James A.
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Revisiting the Relevance of the World Bank's Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) on Economic Growth (English)
We revisit the relevance of the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA)against growth performance, with attention to possible biases arising from qualitative andquantitative changes...
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 132746 Document Date: December 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Gonzalez Amador,Christian Yves
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Banking on the Future : Youth and Digital Financial Services in Sub-Saharan Africa - Field Note 9 : Banking on the Future : Youth and Digital Financial Services in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)
Young Africans are less likely to have a bank account than adults on the continent. At the same time, they are more likely to have a mobile phone, try out new things and be aware of digital channels. This...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 134164 Document Date: December 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Heitmann,Soren,Peterson,Zenobia Whitney Sharee,Kinzinger,Johannes Philipp
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Job Quality and Poverty in Latin America (English)
Labor market dynamics have played a significant role in the social gains experienced recently across Latin America. Assessing the quality of employment, beyond the perspective of income, to include other...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 129760 Document Date: September 1, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brummund,Peter,Mann,Christopher Ryan,Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos
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Assessing the Political Economy of Energy Subsidies to Support Policy Reform Operations : Political Economy (English)
This note comes in three sections. First, the information required for political economy analysis of energy subsidy reforms is presented. Second, a summary is given of the information that can usually...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 128034 Document Date: June 30, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Inchauste Comboni,Maria Gabriela,Victor,David G.,Schiffer,Eva
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Environment and Social Framework (ESF) : ESF Guidance Note 9 Financial Intermediaries - English (English)
ESS9 recognizes that strong domestic capital and financial markets and access to finance are important for economic development, growth and poverty reduction. The Bank is committed to supporting sustainable...
Document Type: Guideline Report No.: 136587 Document Date: June 28, 2018 Disclosure Status: Disclosed