Shocks and crises pose significant threats to human development, disproportionately affecting poor and vulnerable households. These shocks, whether natural disasters, economic crises, or political upheavals...
This report examines the causes of different development outcomes and suggests ways to promote inclusive prosperity and peace. It does so by looking at wealth sharing through three prisms: time, space...
East Asia is helping the rest of the world decarbonize and encouraging the domestic adoption of renewable energy. But there is an imbalance: Even as the region’s innovation and investment improve global...
East Asia is helping the rest of the world decarbonize and encouraging the domestic adoption of renewable energy. But there is an imbalance: Even as the region’s innovation and investment improve global...
This report analyzes the impact of new technologies, such as robots, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital platforms, on labor markets in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Technical feasibility...
This report analyzes the impact of new technologies, such as robots, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital platforms, on labor markets in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region. Technical feasibility...
In the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, total factor productivity growth has slowed over the past two decades. Why this slowdown has come at a time of rapid technological progress is a puzzle. This...
In the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region, total factor productivity growth has slowed over the past two decades. Why this slowdown has come at a time of rapid technological progress is a puzzle. This...
This report analyzes the cost of key investments for low-carbon and climateresilient urban development in all L&MICs from 2020 to 2050 across several sectors. For the purposes of this report, “city climate...
This report analyzes the cost of key investments for low-carbon and climateresilient urban development in all L&MICs from 2020 to 2050 across several sectors. For the purposes of this report, “city climate...
This background paper outlines the methodologies and detailed results of the investment costs estimation conducted for the study, Banking on Cities: Investing in Resilient and Low-Carbon Urbanization (Deuskar...
Nigeria has the potential to become an economic powerhouse. Its large and growing population and its regional trade ties through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) offer the potential...
Nigeria has the potential to become an economic powerhouse. Its large and growing population and its regional trade ties through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) offer the potential...
Bhutan’s real GDP growth rate remained robust in FY23/24. The agriculture sector grew modestly due to lower crop yields. The industry sector grew modestly, supported by strong growth in mining and quarrying...
Food insecurity is a persistent global problem affecting hundreds of millions of people each year. Transport Connectivity for Food Security in Africa: Strengthening Supply Chains confirms the complexity...
Since the publication of the previous (2022) RISE edition, progress toward universal electrification reversed course for the first time in 20 years. About 685 million people, most of them living in Sub-Saharan...
Within the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs) have the potential to enhance the efficiency, breadth, and validity of the collection, processing, and analysis...
The Bangladesh Development Update provides an assessment of the state of the economy in Bangladesh, poverty trends, the economic outlook, risks, and key reform challenges. It covers real sector developments;...
Seventy-six percent of Syrians of working age living in Jordan are unemployed or inactive in the labor market. Meanwhile, despite massive amounts of humanitarian aid for over a decade, more than half of...
Process tracing (PT) involves a detailed analysis of the processes that link interventions to outcomes. PT is particularly useful for evaluating interventions that are difficult to quantify, such as knowledge...