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  • Yemen’s Compounding Burdens : From Drought to Hunger (English)

    In this brief the authors combine granular climate data on flooding, drought and extreme heat, and district level food insecurity data and conflict data, to produce district level estimates of the number...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 197628 Document Date: March 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Alia Jane Aghajanian,Steve Penson,Sandra Baquie,Chitra Balasubramanian,Alan Fuchs,Juul Pinxten

  • De Jure and De Facto Coverage of Parental Benefits in Nepal (English)

    Women constitute nearly half of the young working age-population in Nepal but are less likely than men to participate in the labor force. When employed, they work largely in informal, or subsistence work...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 197453 Document Date: February 19, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ambika Sharma,Himanshi Jain

  • The Role of Subnational Studies in Driving Regulatory Reforms (English)

    The World Bank’s Subnational Business Ready (Subnational B-READY) project, the successor to the Subnational Doing Business reports, offers a comprehensive framework for evaluating local business environments...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 197458 Document Date: February 5, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Maksym Iavorskyi,Sutanovac, Predrag

  • The Deepening Red Sea Shipping Crisis : Impacts and Outlook (English)

    The Red Sea crisis has emerged as a critical flashpoint of the conflict in the Middle East, upending global trade and maritime transport, port activity in the MENA region, and ecological balance of the...

    Document Type: Economic Updates and Modeling Report No.: 197215 Document Date: February 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Zeljko Bogetic,Luan Zhao,Daria Ulybina,Joanne Matossian,Andres Chamorro,Sahiti Sarva,Yahui Zhao,Weijian Li

  • Educated Workers and Managers in the EU-27 (English)

    This Brief highlights issues related to the education and skill level of workers and top managers in firms in 27 European Union countries (the EU-27), using the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES). The...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 197382 Document Date: January 22, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mohammad Amin

  • Establishment Size Distribution in the European Union (English)

    This Brief studies the establishment size distribution in the European Union countries. A well-established literature has established that an abundance of small establishments among lower-income countries...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 197383 Document Date: January 22, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nazim Tamkoc

  • How Management Practices Differ in the EU-27 (English)

    This Brief uses data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys (WBES) in 27 European Union countries (the EU-27) to gain insights into the adoption of management practices in the region's private sector...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 197381 Document Date: January 22, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Domenico Viganola,Mamadou Yaya Diallo

  • 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

  • São Tomé and Príncipe - Unpacking Migration Dynamics : Critical Issues and Policy Recommendations (English)

    Sao Tome and Príncipe (STP), a lower-middle-income small island nation, is undergoing a significant wave of emigration, primarily driven by limited job opportunities and economic prospects, particularly...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 196370 Document Date: January 1, 2025 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Emma Mercedes Monsalve Montiel,Guillaume Kroll,Barbara Barros Barbosa,Delfim Mampassi E Martins Mawete,Mohamed Boly