Social Protection

Measuring Individuals’ Rights to Land: A Companion Guide for Cognitive Interviewing

Surveys around the globe are used to measure specific outcomes, relying on carefully crafted questions to capture very precise concepts. However, survey respondents’ understanding of these…

Sydney Gourlay, Nana Hovhannisyan, Nvard Grigoryan|
Social Protection

Reimagining social protection systems in the Caribbean

This year, the World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that 40 percent of the population – or 2.8 million people - in the English-speaking Caribbean struggle to access adequate food and remain food…

Lilia Burunciuc|
Agriculture and Food, Nutrition, Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for July 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. This entry…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Agriculture and Food, Education, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Gender, Social Protection

Leveraging household surveys to boost research on climate migration

New working paper investigates if and how fit-for-purpose household surveys can help fill the existing data gaps and help better analyze the nexus of climate change and migration.

Marco Letta, Pierluigi Montalbano, Adriana Paolantonio, Calogero Carletto|
Climate Change, Social Protection

An X-ray of Central American migration

What leads thousands of people to travel almost 4,000 kilometers to risk their lives in uncertain conditions? Are there alternatives? What initiatives can help make this migration successful and…

Ana I. Aguilera, Carolina Mejia-Mantilla, Aylin Isik Dikmelik|
Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion
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