Documentos e informes

Rethinking Teaching Quality : The Role of Engagement in the Teaching and Learning Process (Inglés)

Engaging teaching has emerged as a key approach to fostering children’s socio-emotional and cognitive skills. This policy note draws on findings of a recent comparative study on the LEGO Foundation’s Engage...

The Effects of Early Childhood Development (ECD) Programs on the Socio-emotional Well-being of Children and Caregivers in Refugee and Forced Displacement Settings (Inglés)

Early childhood is a crucial period for skills development and socio-emotional growth. Forcibly displaced children experience significant trauma, necessitating effective interventions. This paper examines...

Salvar Vidas e Aumentar a Receita: Oportunidades Oferecidas pela Reforma dos Impostos Indiretos para Melhorar a Tributação Sobre Tabaco, Álcool, e Bebidas Açucaradas no Brasil (Portugués)

Taxes and prices of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Brazil are low compared to international peers. The ongoing landmark reform of indirect taxes (PLP 68/2024...

Saving Lives While Raising Revenue : Opportunities in Brazil’s Reform of Indirect Taxes to Improve Tobacco, Alcohol, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) Excise Taxes (Inglés)

Taxes and prices of tobacco products, alcoholic beverages, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Brazil are low compared to international peers. The ongoing landmark reform of indirect taxes (PLP 68/2024...

Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN) Manual : Methodology and Quality Checks : JOIN Database (Inglés)

The Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN) provides information on labor market outcomes from countries across all income groups with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. The sources are in most...

Working Without Borders : The Promise and Peril of Online Gig Work - Short Note Series Number Six : Spotlight on Gender Gaps in Online Hourly Rates (Inglés)

The global online gig workforce is expanding rapidly, now making up nearly 12 percent of the global labor force. The flexibility of working hours and location associated with online gig work uniquely positions...

Gender and Digital Development in Thailand (Inglés)

The wave of digital transformation has swept across the globe, with its pace significantly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which expedited the adoption of digital technologies by several years. However...

A Standardized Approach to Estimating the Cost of Economic Inclusion Programs (Inglés)

Economic inclusion programs have become a key feature of national social protection systems around the world, with many actors scaling up and adapting approaches to match local contexts and reach different...

A Standardized Approach to Estimating the Cost of Economic Inclusion Programs (Inglés)

Economic inclusion (EI) programs have become a key feature of national social protection systems globally and a large and growing body of evidence suggests that EI programming can increase the incomes...

Challenging Entrenched Marital Power in South Africa (Inglés)

This brief examines more than thirty years of legal reform aimed at removing husbands’ marital power at the expense of their wives from South African legislation. For decades, marital power relegated wives...

한국의 디지털 녹색화 : 한국의 ICT 부문 녹색화 사례연구 (Coreano)

Indonesia COVID-19 Observatory : Gender Insights from the COVID-19 Digital Merchant Survey - Policy Brief (Inglés)

This brief has been produced under the World Bank’s Indonesia Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) observatory, a partnership among multiple global practices at the Bank that aims to generate near-real-time...

Greening Digital in Korea : Korea Case Study for Greening the ICT Sector (Inglés)

Digital technologies are making a significant impact on societies, economies, and the physical world, presenting both opportunities and challenges for the green agenda. Applications of these technologies...

Gambia, The - COVID-19 Impact on Households’ Well Being Monitoring from May to June 2021 (Inglés)

This note uses data from the High Frequency Survey on the COVID-19 Impacts on Households to derive results. It briefly addresses the following: Covid-19 update; employment; well-being and food security;...

Portfolio Risk Assessment Using Risk Index (Inglés)

This Technical Note provides detailed information on the Brazilian risk classification system using the RI approach and the Indian RI system for the initial risk screening of a large portfolio of existing...

Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN) Manual : Methodology and Quality Checks (Inglés)

The Global Jobs Indicators Database (JOIN) provides information on labor market outcomes from countries across all income groups with a focus on low- and middle-income countries. The sources are in most...

Navigating Through COVID-19 : A Snapshot on How the Pandemic Affected MSMEs in Kenya (Inglés)

The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is impacting businesses on a national and global scale. As governments introduced measures to contain the domestic spread of the virus, restrictions on...

Somalia Economic Update : Investing in Health to Anchor Growth (Inglés)

Somalia Economic Update reports aim to contribute to policymaking and the national conversations on topic issues related to economic recovery and development. The report contains three main messages. The...

Rapid Information from Household High-Frequency Survey : Summary of Results from Third Round (Birmano)

This brief presents the main findings from the third of eight rounds of a nationally representative survey of fifteen hundred randomly selected households in all states/regions of Myanmar. The survey was...

Rapid Information from Household High-Frequency Survey : Summary of Results from Third Round (Inglés)

This brief presents the main findings from the third of eight rounds of a nationally representative survey of fifteen hundred randomly selected households in all states/regions of Myanmar. The survey was...