The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the ...

Progress toward this goal faces challenges due to limitations in the execution and allocation of the country's health budget.

By combining two complementary approaches, the gravity model and the Bartik model, this paper estimates: (i) the ...

About the Series From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused attention on delivering efficacious health interventions that can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and ...

Building a skilled and diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is crucial for economic development, cross-border trade, and social inclusion in South Asia. However, ...

The Maldivian economy relies heavily on tourism and fisheries; the labor gap persists. This study seeks to understand these dynamics and propose concrete solutions to foster gender-equitable value ...

This report explores how scarce public resources can be used most effectively to achieve universal delivery of water supply and sanitation services. It analyzes the prevalence and performance of ...

Digital business training offers flexibility and scalability, but translating these features into tangible benefits for women ...

This background note provides more detail on the key findings for the health sector from the forthcoming World Bank 2025 ...

Metropolitan areas drive economies, yet the same elements that contribute to economic growth, such as industrialization accompanied by migrant influx, result in overcrowding and poor housing and ...

This technical note outlines updated poverty trends in India, drawing on data from the 2022–23 and 2011–12 Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (CES) conducted by the National Sample Survey ...

This paper examines the compounded effects of conflict on household recovery following disasters, using Nigeria as a case study. The analysis employs the “Unbreakable” microsimulation model to analyze ...