A World Bank Group project which measures the laws and regulations restricting women's economic opportunities. WBL informs research and policy discussions about the state of women's economic empowerment and emphasizes…

More than 700 million people worldwide live in extreme poverty with less than USD2.15 a day. Progress has essentially plateaued amid lower economic growth and the impacts of COVID-19 and…

The book focuses on scaling and integrating early childhood development services for all children in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. After providing an empirical snapshot of service…

This book provides practical examples that can be replicated in other large global knowledge, financing, and development institutions and that will be relevant for public, private, and non-profit organizations.

This report provides policymakers with a policy framework and diagnostic tools to anticipate and implement strategies that can prevent their cities from locking into irreversible physical and social structures. At…

Impact evaluation has grown more popular as a method for identifying the causal links between interventions and outcomes. These kind of evaluations assess changes that can be attributed to a…

The need for social safety nets has become a key component of poverty reduction strategies. Over the past three decades several developing countries have launched a variety of programs, including…

The old Russian saying of ‘kto kovo’ (Who will get whom?) has become ‘kem skhvachena eto?’ (Who has captured this?) under the new transition economy. Instead of one major figure…