South Asia is home to 9 of the world’s 10 cities with the worst air pollution. Concentrations of fine particulate...... more

Prosperity is the fourth volume of the World Bank Productivity Project, which seeks to bring frontier thinking on the measurement...... more

The outlook for the global economy has darkened. Global financing conditions have tightened, industrial production has...... more

This book presents key activities, promising practices, and lessons learned to date from the World Bank’s Tuberculosis...... more

sustained economic development. They are encumbered by adverse political incentives, running the risk of losing office should...... more

external debt of 125 developing countries that report public and publicly guaranteed external debt to the World Bank’s Debtor...... more

. central bank interest rate increase since 2006 and the implications of persistently low commodity prices for low-income...... more

compare the size and price levels of economies around the world. The program involved 199 economies from eight geographic...... more

criminal act and often involves high levels of violence that can have a devastating impact on the victims. 21st Century piracy...... more

Africa Development Indicators 2012/13 is the most detailed collection of data on Africa. It contains macroeconomic...... more

The government of the Republic of Congo is taking a system approach to reorganizing its health system. It is...... more

"Since the Rose Revolution at the end of 2003, Georgia has had singular success in fighting corruption in a variety of...... more

spurring growth, enhancing competitiveness, and increasing social well being in all economies of the world. Innovation should...... more

and reflecting the perspectives of various stakeholders and the World Bank’s operational experiences. This report, the...... more

Climate change is unfolding amid the greatest information and communication revolution in human history. From...... more

offers a framework for assessing the readiness of development finance institutions (DFIs) and their conglomerates to deliver...... more

the country together. Investment decisions will have to be based on the analysis of alternative short-, medium-, and...... more

All development is about people: the transformative process to equip, link, and enable groups of people to drive change...... more

Women, Business and the Law 2023 is the ninth in a series of annual studies measuring the laws and regulations that...... more

further pressure on the funds available for infrastructure, heightening the importance of increasing the efficiency of...... more

In 2022, South Sudan was ranked as the world’s most vulnerable country to climate change and the one most lacking in...... more

examples from real-life World Bank projects so that policy makers, tax officials, information technology experts, and...... more

without electricity. The reality, however, is that millions of people in Sub-Saharan Africa and India who are connected to the...... more

of water resources are now critical to reducing the perils posed by water scarcity to biodiversity and human welfare...... more

the results of a survey conducted by the World Bank of greening practices within NDFIs based in countries in a range of...... more

Sri Lanka has confronted and is grappling with a number of exogenous shocks, including the devastating 2004 tsunami...... more

Ghana administers multiple social protection programs. One of these, pensions provided by the Social Security and...... more

In recent decades, the Sri Lankan government has introduced reforms aimed at enhancing education access and quality, as...... more

Brazil’s nine Amazonian states, here collectively referred to as Amazônia, include some of the world’s richest...... more

The great expansion of economic activity since the end of World War II has caused an unprecedented rise in living...... more

EMDEs, and to support a major increase in EMDE investment. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report...... more

the most polluted country in the world between 2018 and 2021; its capital, Dhaka, was ranked as the second-most polluted...... more

This report examines the causes of low productivity growth in Kazakhstan by combining an analysis of firm-level data...... more

in the subfield of rural economic organization, with a focus on credit and irrigation, and on how public policy in these...... more

normal of slower but more balanced and sustainable growth. Its old drivers of growth -- a growing labor force, the migration...... more

wider economy. It is a flagship product produced in partnership by the World Bank Group that garners worldwide attention on...... more

developing countries. The World Development Report 2016 explores why. It analyzes the internet s impact on economic growth, on...... more

phone, why can t others around the world do the same? If 8 million entrepreneurs in China--one third of them women--can use...... more

The Little Data Book on External Debt provides a quick reference for users interested in external debt stocks and...... more

Despite the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region s impressive economic growth, over 1 billion of its people still lack...... more

urbanization process. Urban China is a joint research report by a team from the World Bank and the Development Research Center of...... more

The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the...... more

The Report identifies principles for growth to enable middle-income countries to transition to high-income, applying a...... more

Over the past 40 years, the number of people in China with incomes below US$ 1.90 per day has fallen by close to 800...... more

It is time to reexamine and reimagine the pressures on and potential for the Africa region to develop an inclusive...... more