This paper evaluates the effects of interventions based on behavioral science on measures of early childhood ...

Business dynamism and economic growth in Europe and Central Asia have weakened since the late 2000s, with productivity growth driven largely by resource reallocation between firms and sectors rather ...

For more than five decades, the World Bank’s premier annual publication on debt, now titled the International Debt Report (IDR), along with the associated International Debt Statistics (IDS) database, ...

Environmental Engel curves characterize the relationship between the embodied environmental impact of household consumption ...

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the literature on how legal frameworks, regulations, and rights influence women ...

Defueling Conflict: Notes from the Field explores the operationalization of conflict sensitivity and environmental peacebuilding, synthesizing tools and lessons learned from the World Bank's ...

The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic, when mobility restrictions and health policies drove increased ...

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

November economic activity data suggests gradual growth, driven by strong external demand, particularly for goods exports and tourism, as well as a slight recovery in private consumption supported ...

Kenya has made important progress in its economic transformation agenda in the past decade, but significant legal and ...

The Rwanda economic update reports and synthesizes recent economic developments and places them in a medium term and global ...

The coral reef ecosystems of the Maldives are critical to the nation’s ecological integrity, economic development, and ...