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

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

This paper highlights the successes and challenges of international mental health innovations, providing a roadmap for ...

Estimating the macroeconomic implications of climate change impacts and adaptation options is a topic of intense research.

The World Bank's annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Report has been a guide for countries, ...

Two-thirds of the world’s energy is wasted. Energy efficiency opens up immense opportunities for growth, energy security, and the environment. Energy efficiency is a key element of the World Bank ...

The paper then examines what has been learned to date from the experience with CCTs in the South and raises a series of questions concerning the relevance and replicability of these lessons in ...

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In 2022 and 2023, food price inflation reached or exceeded 10 percent in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, ...

The project started in 2021 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic upgraded the country’s lab capabilities and significantly helped ...

This report provides an overview of the potential role that nature-based solutions (NBS) can play in ports. It aims to illustrate how NBS can be effectively integrated into port planning, design, and ...

Despite significant progress in reducing poverty, the Philippines continues to face high inequality, which stayed elevated in the early 2000s as the economy grew. Although inequality has gradually ...