Governance

Digitalizing Guinea-Bissau: The Future Starts Now

Digital transformation could go a long way towards addressing several of Guinea Bissau's fragility drivers, particularly by boosting financial inclusion.

Daniel Nogueira-Budny|
Digital Development, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Jobs & Development, Social Protection

What do we know about cash and in-kind transfers in humanitarian settings? Not enough

In a partnership with the World Banks' DIME, a USAID-funded workstream in collaboration with the World Food Programme’s Office of Evaluation assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of cash…

Iva Trako, Dahyeon Jeong|
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Governance, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Social Protection

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for September 1-15

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in the first half of September 2022 on various topics,…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Agriculture and Food, Financial Sector, Governance, Health, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Social Protection

Three things we learnt about COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and intra-household dynamics in Zambia

New research brings to light the importance of household dynamics in shaping people’s acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines and provides insights that can be used to increase vaccine uptake in low-…

Christopher Hoy, Rajalakshmi Kanagavel, Corey Morales Cameron|
Education, Governance, Health, Poverty, Social Protection

The impact of gas flaring on child health in Nigeria

Most of the focus on the impact of flaring gas has been on the economic impacts, and its ability to harm human health has largely been ignored. This paper bridges this gap by linking data from…

Omoniyi Alimi, John Gibson|
Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Governance, Health, Poverty
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