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…

Financial-sector risks in EMDEs are greatest for lower-income countries. Most EMDE banks appear relatively sound and resilient, but pockets of weakness exist. Vulnerable countries should take urgent steps to remedy…

Voodoo killers, Bank Robbers & Sewermen: True tales from the life and times of Blaise Cendrars, the world's greatest vagabond features seven Cendrars works: The Sewerman of London: a tale…

Presents latest progress on digitalization from both the supply and demand sides, with a focus on developing countries. The report also highlights the emergence of digital public infrastructure, benefits and…

The majority of the world’s poor depend directly or indirectly on agriculture. Despite the strong linkages between broad-based agricultural growth and poverty reduction, international support to agriculture sharply declined from…

This glossary is intended to assist the World Bank’s translators and interpreters and others in the Bank and the development community who use Spanish in their work. It contains financial…

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.