According to administrative data, as many as 25 million children between the ages of 5 and 16 are out-of-school in Pakistan. However, little is known about where these children are in relation to ...

Despite facing a complex fragility crisis, Somalia has made important progress in state-building and economic recovery, ...

Commodity price volatility—along with energy and food security concerns—has renewed interest in supply- and demand-management schemes. This paper revisits experiences of international commodity ...

This paper examines the challenges that African governments are grappling with as part of a renewed international effort to expand electricity access. It shows how the crux of the challenge is twofold ...

There is increased global attention to these evolving risks and recognition of the importance of responding through proactive, integrated risk management strategies that combine public and private ...

Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help countries facing complex climate-related challenges to address disaster risks while providing important socioeconomic benefits. This guide focuses on NBS for ...

The World Bank’s Digital Transformation and Its Role in Expanding Women’s Economic Opportunities in Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon ...

This paper provides a novel global estimate of poverty due to disasters, showing that 25.6 million people are at risk of poverty due to disasters, 12.7 million thereof facing extreme poverty. Disaster ...

In many low- and middle-income countries, the missing jobs problem is typically framed as a shortfall in labor demand. Yet sustained output growth often coexists with limited durable wage employment, ...

North Macedonia is undergoing a rapid demographic transition characterized by population ageing and a sharp rise in long-term ...

Acknowledging that bringing together two highly complex, broad, and even contested concepts— resilience and FCV—is an intimidating undertaking, this study approached the task at hand with a great deal ...

Industrial policy—the range of policy tools governments use to shape what an economy produces, rather than leaving it to markets alone—is back with a vengeance. Contrary to recent headlines, advanced ...