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Advancing the Jobs Agenda: Toward Self-Reliance in Refugee Situations

This paper synthesizes recent evidence on refugee self-reliance in low- and middle-income countries, clarifying definitions, ...
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From Awareness to Action? Experimental Evidence on Challenges in Reducing School-Related Gender-Based Violence Through a Multi-Component Program in Zambia

School-related gender-based violence remains widespread in low- and middle-income countries, yet rigorous evidence on effective prevention strategies is limited. This study evaluates the Empowerment ...
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October 2025 Update to the Multidimensional Poverty Measure: What’s New

This note presents the 10th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of October 2025 ...
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Fast Action for Floods: RCT Evidence on Forecast-based Cash Transfers from Bangladesh and Nepal

A randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh and Nepal tested whether providing cash within days of a flood leads to greater benefits than delivering the same assistance months later—or if it simply ...
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When Does a Village Become a Town? Revisiting Pakistan’s Urbanization Using Satellite Data

This study revisits Pakistan’s level of urbanization using satellite imagery and the Degree of Urbanization methodology. While official statistics report that 39 percent of the population resides in ...