Documents et rapports

Nigeria - AFRICA WEST - P162009 - States Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability PforR - Audited Financial Statement (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - DR Congo Emergency Equity and System Strengthening in Education - P172341 - Sequence No : 02 (anglais)

Disclosable Version of the ISR - DR Congo Emergency Equity and System Strengthening in Education - P172341 - Sequence No : 01 (anglais)

SweepSouth Highlights the Pay and Working Conditions of Domestic Workers (anglais)

In South Africa, 2019 was a landmark year as the country’s first ever national minimum wage came into effect on January 1 and with it, hopes that the now-mandated rate per hour signified increased policy...

Social Assessment Terms of Reference DR Congo Emergency Equity and System Strengthening in Education (P172341) (anglais)

Official Documents- Recommendation of the Statutory Committee for Credit 6692-ZR and Grant D6620-ZR (Closing Package) (anglais)

Project Information Document - DR Congo Emergency Equity and System Strengthening in Education - P172341 (anglais)

Competing Priorities : How Household Income Management Affects Women’s Microenterprises in Urban Ghana (anglais)

Cash grants often lead to increases in business profits for male entrepreneurs, but not for female entrepreneurs. This study identifies key household-level factors that constrain women’s ability to grow...

Free Primary Education, Fertility, and Women's Access to the Labor Market : Evidence from Ethiopia (anglais)

This article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation generated by the removal of school fees in Ethiopia. The increase in schooling caused by...

Pakistan : What~^!!^s the Best Way to Invest in Private School~^!!^s : Pakistan : What's the Best Way to Invest in Private Schools? (anglais)

Private schools that cater to low-income students are popular with parents seeking alternatives to government schools. But these private schools, which are often owned by local entrepreneurs, may lack...

Gambia - READ: Results for Education Achievement and Development Project (anglais)

Ratings for the Results for Education Achievement and Development Project for Gambia, the were as follows: outcomes were satisfactory, the Bank performance was satisfactory, and the monitoring and evaluation...

Over-Enrollment in the Early Grades (anglais)

In this short note, we summarize findings from a forthcoming analysis for 39 countries with unusually large over-enrollment in the early primary grades. We investigate the scope of the problem, the underlying...

Disclosable Version of the ISR - GAMBIA - READ: Results for Education Achievement and Development Project - P133079 - Sequence No : 10 (anglais)

Competing priorities : women's microenterprises and household relationships (anglais)

Recent studies have suggested that women's business decisions are influenced by members of their household, especially their spouse, and that these intrahousehold dynamics contribute to gender gaps in...

Education in South Africa : background note for the South Africa systematic country diagnostic (anglais)

This note provides an overview of South Africa’s education system and learning outcomes. It reviews early childhood development, basic education, and higher education (university education and vocational...

School costs, short-run participation, and long-run outcomes : evidence from Kenya (anglais)

Access to school has risen dramatically in recent decades, with large gains from reducing costs. Few studies report long-term impacts, however. This paper reports the impact of an educational intervention...

Opportunities for digital financial services in the cocoa value chain in Côte d’Ivoire : insights from new data (anglais)

Côte d’Ivoire has the world’s largest cocoa sector, producing over 1.4 million metric tons of raw cocoa per year, accounting for thirty two percent of world production. Harvest payments often arrive late...

Les opportunités de services financiers numériques dans la chaîne de valeur du cacao en Côte d’Ivoire : éclairages tirés de nouvelles données (français)

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IFC in the South Pacific building digital finance infrastructure (anglais)

The IFC has developed a comprehensive mobile banking program which aims to catalyze transformational impact across the Pacific region by scaling up support to three leading regional banks including BSP...

Report cards : the impact of providing school and child test scores on educational markets (anglais)

The study of the impact of providing school report cards with test scores on subsequent test scores, prices, and enrollment in markets with multiple public and private providers. A randomly selected half...