The results indicate that direct cash transfers and social assistance programs are generally effective in reducing poverty ...

Recent improvements in survey methodologies have increased measured consumption in many low- and lower-middle-income countries that now collect a more comprehensive measure of household consumption.

Latin America and the Caribbean has lost not decades but a century of growth due to its inability to learn—to identify, adapt, and implement the new technologies emerging since the Second Industrial ...

As a follow-up to the "Navigating Decisions in Carbon Markets" framework, this Guidance Document helps host countries develop a strategic approach for engaging with international carbon markets. It is ...

This Country Partnership Framework (CPF) outlines the strategic approach to the WBG's proposed engagement in Nepal for FY25-31. The design and priorities of this CPF are informed by a comprehensive ...

Hazardous air pollution poses significant health and economic challenges for Nepal. Air pollution raises public health concerns in Nepal, particularly in the country’s two geographic hotspots: the ...

Multidimensional poverty measures can in theory make well-being comparisons that are less biased than those solely based on monetary poverty. However, global multidimensional poverty measures ...

This public finance review (PFR) for Kenya aims both to ensure that every tax shilling benefits the Kenyan taxpayer and to inform the development of a fiscal policy that fosters job creation, poverty ...

The Yemen Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also ...

Migration will likely become increasingly important for Tunisia in terms of both inflows and outflows, given the demographic ...

As with most agricultural inputs, the optimal use of fertilizer leverages the production complementarities between different types of nutrients. Wide variation in the intensity of nutrient application ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionizing Higher Education (HE), transforming how students learn, faculty teach, and institutions operate. Across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), ...