Nigeria stands at a critical juncture to unlock the potential of its adolescent girls. While national averages suggest ...

In principle, trade policy can complement direct aid to help poorer countries develop, but does it work in practice? The authors evaluate to what extent product-level exports from developing countries ...

This World Bank report examines the urgent need to scale up climate adaptation finance in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), a region increasingly exposed to severe climate risks such as droughts, floods, ...

Gabon has a unique opportunity to drive inclusive growth, reduce poverty, and build a resilient post-oil economy, with ...

Drawing on qualitative data from 11 key informants and 75 small-scale firm owners in South Africa’s townships, this paper identifies five factors shaping micro-entrepreneurial success. First, ...

Non-price barriers suppress demand at the adoption margin, complicating efforts to quantify the welfare effects of rural electrification. This paper studies demand for pay-as-you-go (PAYGo) solar ...

Kazakhstan’s economic growth is expected to moderate but remain resilient over the medium term, following a period of strong ...

This paper studies the impact of rising heat on labor markets across Europe by combining geocoded district-level, ...

This policy note is intended to inform (i) data-driven decisions on program quotas and study relevance by the Ministry of Education and Science, (ii) the Government’s upcoming Higher Education ...

The authors study how the tariff cuts fueled structural transformation leveraging spatial variation in exposure to the tariff ...

The Container Port Performance Index (CPPI) provides a global benchmark of how container ports perform in handling vessel calls. Developed jointly by the World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence, ...

Regenerating Urban Land draws on the experience of eight case studies from around the world. The case studies outline various policy and financial instruments to attract private sector investment in ...