The COVID-19 pandemic and the global shocks that followed have worsened fiscal and debt positions in small states, intensifying their already substantial fiscal challenges—especially the need to ...

The lack of trusted and legally recognized means of authenticating electronic transactions has forced a continued reliance on ...

Gender equality is fundamental to achieving Mongolia’s national development vision and taking advantage of the full potential ...

This paper investigates the extent to which real-time indicators derived from internet search, cell phones, and satellites ...

South Africa’s abundant renewable energy resources, strategic maritime location, and comprehensive port system position it to ...

The broad-based slowdown in growth rates has profound implications for the world’s ability to tackle the growing array of ...

Despite the reduction in transport costs over the past few decades, creating a single integrated economy remains elusive. Low ...

The Country Partnership Framework (CPF) lays out the priorities for the World Bank Group’s (WBG’s) engagement to support ...

Yet, capital incentive policies present in every OECD country are still targeted towards investments in informational ...

This paper provides novel evidence of the trade-offs policy makers face when designing simplified tax regimes for small ...

This gives rise to questions regarding what types of employment opportunities or interventions can draw women into work in such contexts. In this study in urban Djibouti, with restrictive gender norms ...

In our increasingly interconnected world, where digital technologies are rapidly transforming multiple aspects of daily life, ...