The ongoing conflict has continued to undermine economic stability in the Palestinian territories in the first quarter of 2025, placing renewed pressure on already severely strained public finances. Domestic...
As Ukraine emerges from the devastation of war, it faces a historic opportunity to engineer its own Wirtschaftswunder—a productivity-driven economic transformation akin to post-war West Germany. While...
This report provides a deeper analysis that identifies exogenous vulnerabilities, such as climate change, and their impacts on the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus in the West Bank and Gaza. It provides an...
Fourteen years of conflict have devastated Syria’s economy. The assessment takes stock of Syria’s economic trajectory amid ongoing political transition and regional instability. It highlights the severe...
أدت أربعة عشر عامًا من الصراع إلى تدمير اقتصاد سوريا. يتناول هذا التقييم المسار الاقتصادي للبلاد في ظل الانتقال السياسي المستمر وعدم الاستقرار الإقليمي، ويسلط الضوء على التآكل الحاد في القاعدة الاقتصادية،...
وفي عام 2024، يعكس الأداء الاقتصادي الليبي التحديات المستمرة المتمثلة في الاعتماد على الهيدروكربونات مقارنة بالعلامات الناشئة على حدوث تعاف أوسع نطاقا. وسجل الاقتصاد انكماشا بنسبة 0.6٪ خلال العام، مدفوعا...
In 2024, Libya’s economic performance reflects the persistent challenges of hydrocarbon dependency compared against nascent signs of broader recovery. The economy recorded a contraction of 0.6 percent...
Just like every other socio-economic dimension, also the fiscal situation in West Bank and Gaza is shaped by its fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) context. It is difficult to overstate the impact...
The development objective of the Emergency Assistance Project for Lebanon is to enable sustainable recovery and restore lifeline services and critical infrastructure in conflict-affected areas of Lebanon...
El desplazamiento forzado ha alcanzado niveles sin precedentes, con más de 120 millones de personas desplazadas a nivel mundial hasta 2024 debido a conflictos, violencia, cambio climático y violaciones...
Statement by Fabio Panetta at the 111th Meeting of the Development Committee held on April 24, 2025. The world is facing an alarming rise in conflicts and acute geopolitical tensions. Persistently weak...
This Performance and Learning Review (PLR) assesses the implementation of the World Bank Group's (WBG) FY22-FY26 Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for The Gambia. Since its 2022 launch, The Gambia has...
The objective of this assessment is to identify gender and social inclusion gaps with respect to equitable access to clean and modern energy in the Horn of Africa (HoA) borderlands, specifically in Djibouti...
This paper examines the relationship between violent conflict and the willingness of potential migrants to accept lower skilled work (occupational downgrading). The paper develops a theoretical model of...
2024 was one of the worst years for the Palestinian economy and public finances due to the impact of the Middle East conflict, centered in Gaza. The economy witnessed its largest drop on record contracting...
Ces dernières années, les conflits violents se sont multipliés de manière très significative, touchant en particulier les pays à faible revenu et façonnant un paysage de fragilité de plus en plus complexe...
In recent years, violent conflict has spiked significantly, affecting low-income countries in particular, and shaping an increasingly complex fragility landscape. By 2030, over half of the world’s extreme...
This paper strives to explain the disconnect between lessons from research literature and the relative rigidity of state-building approaches by practitioners attempting post-war reconstruction in fragile...
This report presents the findings of an interim Damage and Loss Assessment (DaLA) conducted by the World Bank to assess the impact of the conflict affecting Lebanon. As of November 7, 2024, the conflict...