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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

  • Guidance Note on Home-Based Childcare For Low-Income Communities (English)

    This note provides guidance for policymakers, World Bank country teams, and development practitioners to enhance the quality, affordability, and sustainability of home-based childcare (HBC) services in...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 197451 Document Date: November 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Tanzina Quddus Dina,Antony Mwangangi Mbithi,Ekobono, Louis Marie Gael Bidzogo

  • Proceso de Desarrollo de Activos de Carbono (Spanish)

    The Paris Agreement provides a framework for all countries - both developed and developing - to voluntarily adopt individual targets, elaborated in their nationally determined contributions (NDCs). This...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 163371 Document Date: November 6, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • 100 Student Voices on AI and Education (English)

    The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is disrupting the landscape of higher education (HE), presenting both opportunities and challenges. This paper discusses the results of focus group...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 194458 Document Date: October 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Cristobal Cobo,Alberto Munoz Najar Luque,Bertrand Momo

  • Enjeux sur les Terres Urbaines (French)

    Alors que l’Afrique subsaharienne est confrontée à de multiples défis, notamment à des conflits liés à l’utilisation des terres, à l’urbanisation rapide souvent non planifiée et au changement climatique...

    Document Type: Policy Note Report No.: 191697 Document Date: May 31, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Linus Pott,Victoria Stanley,Mercedes Stickler

  • Evaluation of Achievement Change in Egypt Using PIRLS Data (English)

    Amidst global COVID-19 school closures, student outcomes varied worldwide, but usually declined. Egypt notably defied this trend, showing significant improvement in reading scores. Utilizing data from...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 191923 Document Date: April 30, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Harry Anthony Patrinos,Jakubowski, Maciej,Gajderowicz, Tomasz

  • Embedding Climate Resilience into Ecosystem and Water Projects (English)

    The Africa Climate Resilience Investment Facility (AFRI-RES) is a partnership between the Africa Union, African Development Bank, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), and the World...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184671 Document Date: August 31, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Leveraging Behavioral Science to Increase the Impact of Economic Inclusion Programming (English)

    By incorporating an understanding of behavioral science into economic inclusion programming, governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) seeking to bring millions out of poverty with limited resources...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184532 Document Date: August 16, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Datta,Saugato,Joshi,Mukta,MacLeod, Catherine,Zini,Michele Davide

  • Boosting Nutrition (English)

    Malnutrition is one of Pakistan’s biggest development challenges, with long-term implications for human capital development and economic growth. The proportions of young children stunted (40 percent)...

    Document Type: Policy Note Report No.: 182967 Document Date: June 20, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank

  • Tobacco Excise Taxes and Tobacco Leaf Farming— Key Considerations (English)

    The Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series focuses on topics linked to implementation of health taxes, or excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic drinks and sugar-sweetened beverages. The purpose...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 184436 Document Date: April 18, 2023 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Drope,Jeff,Lane,Christopher,Prinz,Daniel,Blecher,Evan Harold,Ozer,Ceren,Bloom,Danielle Elena

  • Inclusion of LGBTI+ Persons in Workplaces in Thailand (English)

    Thailand is widely considered progressive among developing and middle-income countries regarding the inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or intersex (LGBTI+) people. Thailand has made progress...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 175711 Document Date: September 5, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Sirachadapong, Jitlada,Withisupakorn,Nattapong

  • ERCE 2019 Harmonization: Interim Threshold (English)

    The June 2022 release of learning poverty estimates includes assessment scores from ERCE 2019 by El Latinoamericano de Evaluación de la Calidad de la Educación (LLECE). Results were reportedfor 16 participating...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 191785 Document Date: June 30, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author:

  • The Metaverse in Korea (English)

    The Metaverse, widely regarded as a successor to today’s internet, is a concept embodying a unified digital world that is tightly connected to the physical world. In the Metaverse, people can interact...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 172269 Document Date: June 8, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Allford,Jason Michael,Karacaoglu,Yusuf,Mocan,Stela,Park,Jinhee,Lee,Loun,Shin,Ji Ho

  • Implications of the War in Ukraine for the Global Economy (English)

    The war in Ukraine is causing an enormous humanitarian crisis. More than 12 million people are estimated to have been displaced and more than 13 million need urgent humanitarian assistance. Ukraine’s economy...

    Document Type: Report Report No.: 171069 Document Date: March 31, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Guenette,Justin Damien,Kenworthy,Philip George,Wheeler,Collette Mari

  • Guidance Note for a Blue Public Expenditure Review (English)

    A blue public expenditure review can be a valuable tool for countries on their journey to a blue economy, to help drive blue sectors toward better environmental practices and management and support long-term...

    Document Type: Brief Report No.: 169066 Document Date: February 1, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: