Documentos e informes

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Support for Transition to Labor Market Project - P171471 - Sequence No : 04 (Inglés)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Support for Transition to Labor Market Project - P171471 - Sequence No : 03 (Inglés)

Sectoral Productivity Shock, Regional Differences in Intersectoral Linkages, and Structural Transformation in Ghana (Inglés)

This paper studies the effect of a local sectoral productivity shock on subnational structural transformation. The analysis is based on regional input-output tables constructed for 2004 and 2013 and available...

Social Protection Program Spending and Household Welfare in Ghana (Inglés)

: Ghana administers multiple social protection programs. One, pensions provided by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust, has a long history, but the rest of the programs have been introduced...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Support for Transition to Labor Market Project - P171471 - Sequence No : 02 (Inglés)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Ghana Jobs and Skills Project - P166996 - Sequence No : 05 (Inglés)

Disclosable Restructuring Paper - Support for Transition to Labor Market Project - P171471 (Inglés)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Ghana Jobs and Skills Project - P166996 - Sequence No : 04 (Inglés)

The Financial Risk Reduction Provided by Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (Inglés)

This paper estimates the monetary value of financial risk reduction associated with membership in Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme, based on recent national household survey data. The paper compares...

Benefits and Costs of Public Schooling in Ghana (Inglés)

This paper examines the monetary benefits and costs of the quantity of public schooling (that is, years of schooling completed) in Ghana. The paper also examines the monetary benefits and costs of some...

Shocks and Social Safety Net Program Participation in Ghana - Descriptive Evidence from Linking Climate Risk Maps to Programs Beneficiary Rolls (Inglés)

This study discusses the association between household exposure to negative shocks and social safety net program participation in Ghana. To examine this issue, we link data from high-resolution geospatial...

Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini (Inglés)

This study examines the performance of Eswatini’s main social assistance programs.

Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini - Study Brief (Inglés)

This brief summarizes findings and recommendations from a study that assesses the performance of Eswatini’s largest social assistance programs, based on recent national household survey data and program...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Ghana Jobs and Skills Project - P166996 - Sequence No : 03 (Inglés)

Investing in Human Capital in Eswatini : A Framework for a Coordinated Multi-Sectorial Approach (Inglés)

Although classified as a lower middle-income country (LMIC), high poverty, especially in rural areas, food insecurity and income inequality challenge Eswatini’s economic growth and human development potential...

Investing in Human Capital in Eswatini : A Framework for a Coordinated Multi-Sectoral Approach (Inglés)

The Investing in Human Capital note was prepared at the request of the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini as a guidance note on how to promote a coordinated and harmonized approach across key human...

Social Assistance Programs and Household Welfare in Eswatini (Inglés)

Eswatini has notably high levels of poverty and inequality. Recurrent, negative shocks are an important contributing factor. This study assesses the performance of the largest social assistance programs...

Barriers to Growth-Enhancing Structural Transformation : The Role of Subnational Differences in Intersectoral Productivity Gaps (Inglés)

The movement of workers from the farm sector to a more productive nonfarm sector has failed to generate significant gains in labor productivity in recent decades in many developing countries. This paper...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - Ghana Jobs and Skills Project - P166996 - Sequence No : 02 (Inglés)

Welfare, Shocks, and Government Spending on Social Protection Programs in Lesotho (Inglés)

This paper assesses the performance of government spending on social protection programs in reducing poverty and inequality in Lesotho, applying benefit incidence and microsimulation methods to 2017-2018...