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The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times

Yoonyoung Cho, Teresa Molina, The Importance of Existing Social Protection Programs for Mental Health in Pandemic Times, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026, Pages ...
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Income Shocks, Bride Price, and Child Marriage in Turkey

Isabelle Chort, Rozenn Hotte, Karine Marazyan, Income Shocks, Bride Price, and Child Marriage in Turkey, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026, Pages 125–145, ...
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Place-Based Policies and Migration: Evidence from India

Ama Baafra Abeberese, Ritam Chaurey, Radhika Menon, Place-Based Policies and Migration: Evidence from India, The World Bank Economic Review, Volume 40, Issue 1, February 2026, Pages 82–104, ...
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PFR Fundamentals: Fiscal Multipliers

The purpose of this note is to help mainstream fiscal multipliers in PFRs. It aims to provide guidance for estimating fiscal ...
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The Effects of Regulatory Information Systems on Credit Allocation: Evidence from Brazil’s Rural Credit Bureau

This paper studies how improvements in regulatory information systems affect credit allocation in rural financial markets. In 2021, the Central Bank of Brazil introduced major enhancements to the ...
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Wage Subsidies to Promote Female Hiring: Evidence from Pakistan

Can employer-side wage subsidies increase hiring women in low female labor force participation settings? This paper tests this using a randomized experiment with 1,227 Pakistani firms on a national ...
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FY 2025 Côte d’Ivoire Country Opinion Survey Report

The Country Opinion Survey in Côte d'Ivoire assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Côte d'Ivoire perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback ...
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Tracking Universal Health Coverage: 2025 Global Monitoring Report

The goal of universal health coverage (UHC) is for all people to receive the quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without incurring financial hardship. UHC covers the full ...
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Lao PDR Country Climate and Development Report

The Lao PDR CCDR analyzes how Lao PDR can achieve sustainable development while addressing climate change. Lao PDR ...
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The Role of Credible Mitigation Measures in Building Citizen Trust for Subsidy Reforms: Lessons from Angola’s Public Opinion Survey

This study explores public opinion for reducing fossil fuel subsidies in Angola, identifies strategies that can shift public ...
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The Human Capital Index Plus 2026. Findings Brief

The HCI+ measures how effectively a country builds human capital, tracking the likelihood that children today will grow into ...
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Click, Code, Earn: The Returns to Digital Skills

This paper provides the first comprehensive, cross-country evidence on the wage returns to digital skills, using more than 67 million job postings from 29 countries between 2021 and 2024. The paper ...