This Public Expenditure Review (PER) is the result of collaboration among UNICEF, the World Bank Group, and Lesotho's Ministries of Health and Finance. Senior economists from the Clinton Health Access ...

This report provides a high-level overview of the key findings and insights contained in the report, “Waste Management in the Middle East and North Africa”. The report draws on new data from the 19 ...

This paper analyzes extreme child poverty ($2.15/day poverty line) trends, as well as child poverty based on the higher international poverty lines of $3.65 and $6.85. The paper provides a trajectory ...

Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help countries facing complex climate-related challenges to address disaster risks while ...

Heat stress is causing unnecessary deaths, illness, economic losses, and reductions in infrastructure and urban service ...

Abstract This Report goes beyond diagnosing subsidy problems to provide clear, evidence based, and politically grounded guidance for policy makers on reform paths. It offers a comprehensive overview ...

This paper examines the effect of women’s political empowerment on public spending efficiency in developing countries. Using ...

This report documents the progress South Africa has made in reducing poverty and inequality since the end of apartheid in 1994, with a focus on the period between 2006 and 2015. The main conclusions ...

The Country Opinion Survey in Grenada assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Grenada ...

The Country Opinion Survey in Sint Maarten assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in ...

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