To address these challenges, social protection responses need to be tailored to both immediate and long-term needs. This evaluation assesses the World Bank's support for Adaptive Social Protection ...

The impacts of the March earthquake are continuing to disrupt lives and livelihoods, exacerbating the already very difficult economic conditions. The World Bank estimates that economic output losses ...

This year’s economic activity has been slower than previously anticipated due to emerging structural bottlenecks and continued external headwinds. This has prompted a sense of urgency to address the ...

While investment-led growth may offer quick wins, it is efficiency, innovation, and institutional reform that will determine ...

This Country Program Evaluation assesses the performance and effectiveness of the World Bank Group’s support to Georgia in ...

Structural sources of Africa’s inequality are rooted in laws, institutions, and practices that create advantages for a few but disadvantages for many. They include differences in living standards that ...

This report assesses the current performance of tourism in the Caribbean1 and, in light of the new trends, identifies future pathways and policies for sustainable growth in three targeted segments.

Today the world faces unprecedented challenges in waste management while the state of the municipal waste management sector globally is a matter of concern. To reverse current trends related to waste ...

Longstanding problems and new challenges often combine to require urgent solutions. Economic growth rates today in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) are low and have been so for too long. This ...

Oil, Gas, and Mining: A Sourcebook for Understanding the Extractive Industries provides developing countries with a technical understanding and practical options around oil, gas, and mining sector ...

In his speech, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga highlights a critical juncture for global development, marked by persistent challenges and a demographic surge in emerging markets. He emphasizes ...

The objective of this note is to identify the key issues in trade facilitation and logistics that affect the e-commerce landscape, with a focus on cross border (trade facilitation) domestic delivery ...