This Brief is the second in a two-part series that provides an overview of the electricity sector's demand-side and supply-side environmental regulations. Specifically, this Brief focuses on measures implemented...
Artifcial Intelligence (AI) has briskly entered numerous fields of human activity, including the legal realm. Its advancement is so swift that researchers, policy makers, and practitioners are often left...
The World Bank’s Mind, Behavior and Development (eMBeD) unit and Health, Nutrition, and Population team joined forces with WHO to leverage behavioral science to increase effectiveness and efficiency, and...
Electricity services are essential for private sector development, as they support production, foster new business creation, and enhance competitiveness. Using data from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys...
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a form of gender discrimination and is one of the leading causes of human rights violations in the world. GBV, which is often heightened in emergencies, is a compelling issue...
The pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) is a key metric in education planning that represents the average number of pupils per each teacher. It provides crucial information for policymaking in two ways: First, teachers...
This Brief examines regulatory indicators that promote firm entry, ease of contracting with the government, fairness, transparency, and best value for money in public procurement systems across 50 economies...
Many education systems use virtual communities of practice (VCoPs), including WhatsApp groups for teachers, to provide a forum for teachers to ask and answer each other’s questions. The motivation is that...
Evidence shows that interventions targeting school management in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have the potential to improve student learning. Such interventions are also highly cost-effective...
Strong leaders manage their schools effectively to facilitate high quality teaching and learning. Tanzania’s school management practices are weak when compared against other countries where similar data...
This note presents the context and objectives of the Yokk Koom Koom program, an innovative approach aimed at promoting economic inclusion and strengthening the resilience of vulnerable populations in Senegal...
This note presents the context and objectives of the Yokk Koom Koom program, an innovative approach aimed at promoting economic inclusion and strengthening the resilience of vulnerable populations in Senegal...
Over the last two decades, Afghanistan's economic growth has been volatile, failing to benefit all segments of society. The Interim Taliban Administration's restrictive policies are exacerbating existing...
In 2024, 28.4 percent of the population in Mauritania was living in poverty, measured at the international poverty line of $3.65 per day in PPP 2017, an increase from 26.3 percent in 2020. Over half of...
Based on the most recent official household survey data from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, 30.9 percent of Nigerians lived below the international extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per...
Papua New Guinea (PNG) does not have recent and reliable national poverty estimates, as the last Household and Income Survey (HIES) was completed in 2009-10, making the poverty estimates in this brief...
Togo saw modest poverty reduction between 2018 and 2021, with notable urban-rural disparities. Despite economic resilience after enduring a series of shocks since the COVID-19 pandemic, with an average...
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Tuvalu was conducted in 2015-16. However, the data presented in this brief refer to the previous HIES in 2010, as substantial...
Between 2011 and 2017, extreme poverty in Zimbabwe - calculated using the national food poverty line rose from 23 to 30 percent of the population, and increased further to 38 percent in April-May 2019...
Bulgaria has made significant progress in reducing absolute poverty since its EU accession, particularly between 2015 and 2022, when real median incomes rose substantially. In the fourth quarter of 2024...