Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for August 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in August 2022 on various topics, including COVID-19…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |
Climate Change, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance, Health, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty

Learning from past research: Data-driven policy making during the pandemic

In this blog, we highlight two projects that leveraged data-driven policymaking processes and simulations.

Kerina Wang, KCP Program Management Unit (KCP PMU) |
Digital Development, Financial Sector, Health

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for May 16- 31, 2022

This blog highlights recent working papers from around the World Bank Group published from May 16 to May 31 on various topics, including migration, public-private partnerships (PPPs), vaccine…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance, Health, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Social Protection, Transport

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for March 16-March 31, 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published from March 16 to March 31 on various topics, including…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Health, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty, Social Protection, Trade

Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19: Results from round 2

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), in collaboration with the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) program and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, disseminated the …

Aziz Atamanov, John Ilukor, Talip Kilic, Giulia Ponzini |
Education, Health, Jobs & Development

Uganda High-Frequency Phone Survey on COVID-19: Results from round 1

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS), in collaboration with the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) program and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice, disseminated the…

Aziz Atamanov, Talip Kilic |
Education, Health, Jobs & Development

Open defecation nearly halved since 2000 but is still practiced by 670 million

Open defecation is the practice of people defecating outside, such as in street gutters, behind bushes or into open bodies of water. Between 2000 and 2017, the world nearly...

Haruna Kashiwase |
Health

7 data innovation projects win funding to tackle local challenges

How can data be used to improve disease outbreak warning, urban planning, air quality, or agricultural production? Seven winning projects, which will receive support from the third round of…

World Bank Data Team |
Education, Health, Social Sustainability and Inclusion, Urban Development

New evidence on the challenge facing reform leaders should they join the Human Capital Project

Reform leaders who are persuaded by the need to invest in human capital face the challenge of getting thousands of state personnel, who staff myriad government agencies, to deliver. The…

Stuti Khemani |
Education, Governance, Health