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In the last two decades, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has closed many critical gender gaps, especially in ensuring equal access for girls and boys to education…
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A companion volume to: Public Office, Private Interests: Accountability Through Income and Asset Disclosure.
This evaluation is about the nature and magnitude of the cost savings and other benefits of business license simplification in one of the central districts of Lima, Peru. IEG asked…
Urbanization beyond Municipal Boundaries informs policy priorities to manage India’s urbanisation. Incisive analysis of the patterns of India’s urbanisation using geo-referenced data from various rounds of the population and economic…
Climate change and migration are major concerns in the MENA region, yet the empirical evidence on the impact of climate change and extreme weather events on migration remains limited. Information…
As part of its strategy to support global trade, the World Bank Group seeks to help enhance trade finance in emerging markets. The International Finance Corporation, part of the Bank…
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Women perform 66% of the world’s work, produce 50% of the food, but earn 10% of the income and own 1% of the property. To shed light on why this…
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Considers the mobility calculus of Syrian refugees. While dismissing wrongful practices involving forced repatriation, this study analyses the factors that may affect refugees’ own decision to relocate. By doing so…
Offers a unified framework to take stock of the theoretical and empirical literature on crime, conflict, and violence and to discuss how the international community organises itself to address security…
A longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statisticsand analysis for the 123 low- and middle-income countries that report to the World Bank Debt Reporting System. It…
A World Bank Group Flagship Report. Published semiannually, the report includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries through in-depth research in the January edition, and shorter analytical…
Co-edited by the Vice President of the World Bank, this volume offers work from a generation of thinkers in development economics.
This report evaluates the outcomes of World Bank Group support to Liberia from its post-war reengagement in 2003 through 2011. The country has moved from total disarray to a solid…
The Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report. On a twice yearly basis (January and June), it examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus…
Provides an evidence-based, consultative, analysis of the private and financial sector in Somaliland.
Migration presents a stark policy dilemma. Research repeatedly confirms that migrants, their families back home, and the countries that welcome them experience large economic and social gains. Easing immigration restrictions…
Romania’s living standards are converging with those of the European Union, but the country still has the largest share of poor people in the EU, with widening disparities in economic…
‘Involuntary Resettlement’ is a sourcebook offering guidance on how to handle the problem of moving people in the interests of development with sensitivity and in a manner which is efficient…
Divided into four sections, this book presents estimates of wealth for nearly 120 countries, using economic theory to decompose the wealth of a nation into its component pieces. Its tenet…
Sustainable land management (SLM) is a knowledge-based procedure that integrates land, water, biodiversity, and environmental management, to meet rising food and fiber demands while sustaining ecosystem and environmental services and…
Examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on developing countries. The report includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced by developing countries through in-depth research in the…
Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals 2018
This pocket-sized reference on key development data for more than 200 countries provides profiles of each country with 54 development indicators about the financial sector access and services for lower…