Documentos e informes

Macro Poverty Outlook for Georgia : October 2024 (Inglés)

Growth reached 9.1 percent in H1 2024, driven by strong private consumption due to rising real wages. Unemployment decreased and poverty continued to decline. Growth is projected at 7.5 percent for 2024...

South Africa - Eskom Just Energy Transition Project (Inglés)

The development objective of Eskom Just Energy Transition Project for South Africa is to (i) decommission the Komati coal-fired power plant, (ii) repurpose the project area with renewables, and (iii) create...

The impact of the Syrian refugee crisis on firm entry and performance in Turkey (Inglés)

This study analyses how the Syrian refugee inflows into turkey affected firm entry and performance. To estimate the casual effects, instrumental variables, difference-indifferences and synthetic control...

Türkiye - Employment Support Activities for Syrians Under Temporary Protection and Turkish Citizens Project : Inception Report (Inglés)

The development objective of the Employment Support Activities for Syrians Under Temporary Protection and Turkish Citizens Project is to improve the employability of Syrians under Temporary Protection...

Argentina - Basic Protection Project (Inglés)

Ratings for the Basic Protection Project for Argentina were as follows: outcomes were moderately satisfactory, the risk to development outcome was low or negligible, the Bank performance was satisfactory...

Bangladesh - Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative Project -- Women's Economic Empowerment Project : P114841 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 09 (Inglés)

Argentina - Argentina Basic Protection Project : P115183 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 12 (Inglés)

Trade reform and regional dynamics : evidence from 25 years of Brazilian matched employer-employee data (Inglés)

This paper empirically studies the dynamics of labor market adjustment following the Brazilian trade reform of the 1990s. The paper uses variation in industry-specific tariff cuts interacted with initial...

The impact of vocational training for the unemployed : experimental evidence from Turkey (Inglés)

This brief summarizes the updates from the 2014 paper entitled, The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed : Experimental Evidence from Turkey, conducted between between 2010 and 2011 in Turkey...

Microfinance : expanding access to microfinance in Cambodia through a strategic partnership (Inglés)

Cambodia needs broader access to finance, as well as strong financial institutions that would make loans available to low-income people and micro entrepreneurs. This is a story of how IFC has worked with...

Bangladesh - Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative Project -- Women's Economic Empowerment Project : P114841 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 04 (Inglés)

The apparel industry in Cambodia : employment, wages and implications for poverty (Inglés)

Cambodia has achieved impressive growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the past two decades, sustained despite the world financial crisis, and has significantly reduced poverty. World Bank policy...

Turkey - Evaluating the impact of Iskur's vocational training programs (Vol. 2 of 2) : Summary (Inglés)

Turkey's economic performance during the 2000s is a global success story; high-income status is now within reach but this will require creating more and better jobs. Upgrading the skills of the current...

Bangladesh - Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative Project -- Women's Economic Empowerment Project : P114841 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 03 (Inglés)

Bangladesh - Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative Project -- Women's Economic Empowerment Project : P114841 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 02 (Inglés)

Enforcement of labor regulation and informality (Inglés)

Enforcement of labor regulations in the formal sector may drive workers to informality because they increase the costs of formal labor. But better compliance with mandated benefits makes it attractive...

Bangladesh - Northern Areas Reduction-of-Poverty Initiative Project -- Women's Economic Empowerment Project : P114841 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 01 (Inglés)

Argentina - Argentina Basic Protection Project : P115183 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 06 (Inglés)

Argentina - Argentina Basic Protection Project : P115183 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 05 (Inglés)

Peru - Peru Safe and Sustainable Transport Project : P116929 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 03 (Inglés)