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, have…

Identifies principles for growth to enable middle-income countries to transition to high-income, applying a framework that proposes how the forces of creation (from both entrants and incumbent firms), destruction (of…

This text evaluates the quality of financial accountability and transparency in Bangladesh and makes recommendations for improvement. It compares the financial management standard and practices with respect to public funds.

Examines how to increase synergies between socioeconomic development goals, climate change policies, and digital technologies, offering guidance on how government institutions and private organizations in the digital field can catalyze…

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…

To assist in developing a strategy for a new phase of reforms that promotes more inclusive and sustainable growth, this recommends a three-pillar approach: eliminating absolute poverty, reducing inequality in…

A report that discusses the opportunities and challenges for the Caribbean associated with trade liberalization and provides an agenda of policy actions to accelerate trade integration and growth and reduce…

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…