List of World Bank Policy Research Working Papers—November 2025

The latest insights from the world’s largest working-paper series focused on development economics and developing countries.

November 2025

PEOPLE

WPS11251. The Impact of Technology on Migration to the United States from Central America and the Dominican Republic. Mariana Viollaz, Luis Laguinge, and Harry Moroz | Verified Reproducible WPS11254. From Policy to Practice Lessons from the Implementation of the Refugee Work Rights Policy in Ethiopia. Ana Maria Perez and Sandra V. Rozo | Verified Reproducible WPS11256. Women’s Mobility and Labor Supply: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan. Robert Garlick, Erica Field, and Kate Vyborny

PROSPERITY

WPS11254. From Policy to Practice Lessons from the Implementation of the Refugee Work Rights Policy in Ethiopia. Ana Maria Perez and Sandra V. Rozo | Verified Reproducible WPS11252. The Evolution of Local Participatory Democracy in Nepal. Thaneshwar Bhusal, Michael G Breen, and Vijayendra Rao WPS11253. The Distributional Impacts of Climatic Variability on Welfare in Thailand. Sailesh Tiwari, Emmanuel Skoufias, and Varun Kshirsagar | Verified Reproducible WPS11258. The MANAGE-WB Applied General Equilibrium Model of the World Bank Model documentation and user guide. Lulit Mitik Beyene, Wolfgang Britz, Martin Christensen, Hasan Dudu, and Ragchaasuren Galindev WPS11259. Assessing the Macroeconomic Impacts of Stochastic Climate Shocks in Paraguay. Heather Ruberl, Pui Shen Yoong, Diego Castillo, and Brent Boehlert | Verified Reproducible WPS11260. Gender and Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Analysis through the Life Cycle. Paola Buitrago-Hernandez, Daniela Maquera Sardon, Hugo Ñopo, and Eliana Rubiano-Matulevich | Verified Reproducible

PLANET

WPS11262. Beyond Green Jobs: Advancing Metrics and Modeling Approaches for a Changing Labor Market. Penny Mealy, Joris Bücker, Fernanda Senra de Moura, and Camilla Knudsen | Verified Reproducible

INFRASTRUCTURE

WPS11250. An Exploration of Systemwide Flood Protection Standards for Coastal Polders in Bangladesh. Ruben Jongejan, Mathijs van Ledden, Kasper Lendering, Jasper Verschuu, Debashish Paul Shuvra, Bramka Arga Jafino, and Swarna Kazi | Verified Reproducible WPS11255. Direct and Indirect Impacts of Transport Mobility on Access to Jobs: Evidence from South Africa. Atsushi Iimi | Verified Reproducible WPS11257. What Underlies the Poor Financial Performance of Electric Utilities in Sub-Saharan Africa? Govinda R Timilsina

DIGITAL

WPS11263. Labor Demand in the Age of Generative AI: Early Evidence from the U.S. Job Posting Data. Yan Liu, He Wang, and Shu Yu | Verified Reproducible WPS11248. Monitoring Global Aid Flows: A Novel Approach Using Large Language Models. Xubei Luo, Arvind Balaji Rajasekaran, and Andrew Conner Scruggs

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