The indicator assesses the following: (1) whether maternity benefits are paid or administered solely by the government (or) payment is shared between the government and the employer as assessed under indicator; AND (2) a single government application process exists for applying for maternity benefits (or) employers can apply for maternity benefits on behalf of beneficiaries. Score = 1 both conditions are met; otherwise, score = 0. For details, please refer to the WBL Methodology Handbook (link: https://wbl.worldbank.org/content/dam/sites/wbl/documents/2026/WBL-Methodology-Handbook-2026-FINAL.pdf) Every country, region and year the World Bank publishes for indicator GD_WBL_PAR_SFR_APPLYMATBEN (Gender Statistics), delivered as a tidy table — country, ISO code, year and value — ready for analysis in Excel, R, Python or the Intigal AI workspace. Original compiler: World Bank: Women, Business and the Law. https://wbl.worldbank.org/.
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