Social protection goes well beyond cash transfers; it includes policies and programs that bridge skill, financial, and ...

This study delves into the multifaceted challenges faced by Côte d’Ivoire students in technical and vocational education and ...

The paper examines the social protection response to the COVID-19 pandemic across 76 emerging and developing economies (EDEs) ...

Africa is in the midst of a power crisis. Despite abundant low-carbon, a low-cost energy resource, Africa faces chronic energy shortages. The region s power generation capacity is lower than that ...

This Knowledge Note presents two sets of analytical work to further our understanding of the links between public support in the agrifood sector and healthy diets. While the analytical work here is ...

This paper uses household surveys from 89 countries to look at gender differences in poverty in the developing world. In the absence of individual-level poverty data, the paper looks at what can we ...

This paper discusses and illustrates the analytical foundations of international comparisons (or benchmarking) for assessing a country's potential for improvement along various dimensions of social ...

Most power utilities in West Africa are not financially sustainable. Several interrelated factors cause these performance ...

This disaster risk finance (DFR) diagnostic was prepared by the World Bank Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice in response to a request from the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) for a ...