This policy brief presents findings from a randomized field experiment in Mozambique evaluating two interventions targeting ...

Suriname is entering a period of accelerated economic transformation, driven primarily by large-scale investment in oil and gas, with growing opportunities in tourism and hospitality and agribusiness.

Improved economic activity and remittance inflows contributed to a reduction in poverty and lower unemployment, although youth unemployment and labor underutilization remain persistent challenges. The ...

The aim of this publication is to provide an international framework (the “Framework”) with the minimum requirements and performance expectations as to how an industrial park can become an ...

Two decades after its original publication, The Analysis of Household Surveys is reissued with a new preface by its author, Sir Angus Deaton, recipient of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.

Tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are significant and increasing contributors to premature mortality and morbidity in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Health taxes ...

As the Government of Malawi investigates options to expand access to higher education and improve the quality of higher education provision, the objective of this report is to contribute to an ...

Nigeria faces a pivotal moment marked by weak growth and job creation, persistent structural rigidities, high poverty and ...

Azerbaijan’s economy slowed sharply in 2025, with GDP growth declining to 1.4 percent due to contraction in the hydrocarbon ...

Port Development and Competition in East and Southern Africa analyzes the 15 main ports in East and Southern Africa (ESA) to assess whether their proposed capacity enhancements are justified by ...

Business Ready (B-READY) is a new World Bank Group corporate flagship report that evaluates the business and investment climate worldwide. It replaces and improves upon the Doing Business project.

This report examines agricultural spending in Zimbabwe. This public expenditure review (PER) is the sixth in a series focusing on local government service delivery, state-owned enterprises and ...