Outcomes-based financing (OBF) is an approach to results-based funding in which payments are at least partially linked to the achievement of outcomes. It can potentially transform government-led ...

Climate change disproportionately impacts people living in poverty, threatening to plunge more than 130 million more people into extreme poverty by the end of this decade. In response, governments see...

This periodic analysis of Syrian workers aims to better understand issues around work permits and employment for the 83% of Syrians living outside of camps in Jordan.

The book explains how labor market restrictions rarely prevent refugees entirely from working but shape the type and quality of work they do, their contribution to the economy, and the effects of thei...

Slowing Growth, Rising Risks: The global recovery is set to decelerate amid continued COVID-19 flare-ups, diminished policy support, and lingering supply bottlenecks. The outlook is clouded by various...

Joint desk review by The World Bank and UNHCR

This paper outlines Uganda’s pioneering shift from a traditional humanitarian water service model, designed for short-term emergencies, to a holistic approach that integrates refugees and host communi...

The refugee crisis in Africa is escalating, and pressures on host countries are mounting. The existing refugee response system thus already struggles to deliver acceptable outcomes for refugees; worse...

World Bank Report - October 2018