Documents & Reports

Democratic Republic of Congo - Second Stabilization of Eastern DRC for Peace Project : Third Additional Financing : Revised Environmental and Social Management Framework  (French)

Simulating Welfare Impacts of Changes in the Monthly Social Allowance Scheme and Heating Allowances in Bulgaria (English)

Bulgaria still ranks among the EU countries with the highest levels of poverty and inequality. Before 2023, Bulgaria's Social Assistance / Monthly Social Allowance scheme had limited coverage, strict eligibility...

Does Local Employment Growth Accelerate Exits from Social Assistance ? Evidence From Brazil’s Conditional Cash Transfer Bolsa Familia (English)

A substantial literature studied the capacity of safety nets to expand automatically during labor market shocks; however, less is known about the dynamics of social assistance when labor market conditions...

Timor-Leste - Adaptive Social Protection Assessment (English)

This report seeks to support the GoTL in its efforts to build an Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) system. It aims at enhancing knowledge and understanding of ASP and assessing the country’s current capacity...

Timor-Leste - Avaliasaun Protesaun Sosial Adaptiva (Tetum)

Relatóriu ne’e buka atu suporta GoTL iha nia esforsu atu harii sistema PSA ida. Relatoriu ne’e ninia objetivu hodi hasa’e koñesimentu no kompriensaun kona-ba PSA no avalia kapasidade atual nasaun nian...

Novo Bolsa Família : Desafios e Oportunidades para 2023 - Nota Técnica No. 1 : Sumário Executivo (Portuguese)

This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...

New Bolsa Família : Challenges and Opportunities for 2023 - Technical Note 1 (English)

This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...

Novo Bolsa Família : Desafios e Oportunidades para 2023 - Nota Técnica No. 1 (Portuguese)

This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...

New Bolsa Família : Challenges and Opportunities for 2023 - Technical Note 1 : Executive Summary (English)

This technical note discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by the Ministry of Development, Social Assistance, Family, and Hunger Alleviation (Ministério do Desenvolvimento e Assistência Social...

Tracking Social Protection Responses to Inflation : Living Paper V. 5 (English)

Between December 2022 and May 2023, the number of social protection and other related measures announced or implemented in response to inflation rose by about 31 percent. The latest tally includes 1,333...

Do Cash Transfer Programs Protect from Poverty in the Case of Aggregate Shocks ? A Study on Typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines (English)

Cash transfer programs are regarded as providing effective protection against poverty and household-specific negative income shocks. Little research has been done on their performance in situations of...

Tracking Global Social Protection Responses to Inflation - Living paper v. 4 (English)

Between September and December 2022, the number of social protection and other related measures announced or implemented in response to inflation rose by about 67%. The latest tally includes 1,016 responses...

បច្ចុប្បន្នភាព សដ្ឋកិច្ច កម្ពុជ : ការធ្វើដំណើរឆ្លងកាត់ ផលប៉ះពាល់ខ្លាំង នសដ្ឋកិច្ចសកល (Khmer)

While recovering from Coronavirus (COVID-19),Cambodia’s economy is now facing global economic headwinds. The current account improved in the first half of 2022 as the trade deficit narrowed. Rising global...

Social Assistance Programs and Delivery in Libya : An Assessment Based on the IPSA Core Diagnostic Instrument (CODI) (English)

The report is based on the Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments (ISPA) Core Diagnostic Instrument (CODI) methodology. This approach was developed by agencies of the United Nations (UN), World Bank...

Estimating Changes to the Predictive Performance of Proxy Means Test Through Inclusion of Mobile Phone and Internet Data (English)

This brief uses Indonesian household survey data to evaluate the change in targeting errors of a simulated social assistance program through the inclusion of variables of phone credit and internet expenditure...

România - Strategia Integrată de Dezvoltare Urbană a Zonei Urbane Simeria 2021- 2030 : Analiza SWOT (Romanian)

This report focuses on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis of Socio-Demographic profile for Simeria Urban area in Romania as of 2021.

Romania - The 2021 - 2030 Integrated Urban Development Strategy of Simeria Functional Urban Area : Social and Demographic Profile (English)

Simeria is the second most populated third rank town in Hunedoara County, Romania. The population domiciled in the component towns of the urban agglomeration has constantly dropped in 1992-2020. This region...

România - Analiza SWOT : Zona Urbană Craiova (Romanian)

This report focuses on the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats (SWOT) analysis of Socio-Demographic profile for Craiova Urban area in Romania as of 2021.

Romania - Urban Policy : Output 4 - Integrated Urban Development Strategy of Targu Secuiesc Urban Area 2021 - 2030 : Sections 1, 3, 4, 5 and Annexes (English)

The integrated urban development strategy is one of the main strategic planning instruments available to municipalities, towns, and metropolitan areas, aiming at the optimum and responsible use of the...

Ukraine's Social Safety Net Works Better to Serve the Neediest (Ukrainian)

This brief focuses on the Social Assistance System Modernization Project, which is making radical changes to the Ukrainian social safety net in order to better serve beneficiaries. In 2006, Ukraine's Government...