The following sections of this paper provide a more detailed review of the sectoral objectives, challenges, and way ...

World Bank and S&P Global Market Intelligence container port performance index and underlying data are intended to identify gaps and opportunities for improvement that would benefit all key ...

The report presents the Digital Trade Regulatory Readiness (DTRR) database compiled by a team of World Bank experts. The database offers novel information on laws and regulations on digital trade for ...

Governments are increasingly seeking opportunities to leverage digital technologies to build a greener future. This ...

Improvements on excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) are urgently needed in ...

The Blue Economy is a transformative approach to sustainable development that balances economic growth, job creation, and environmental conservation by harnessing ocean resources responsibly. It ...

Poland has made significant progress in promoting gender equality, especially in education, where women now outperform men in many aspects of human capital development. However, these gains have not ...

This study contributes to understanding household-level exposure to flood risk in Paraguay by combining geolocated household survey data with novel flood hazard maps. The study estimates that more ...

It benchmarks Paraguay’s global integration; analyzes trade, investment and competition policies and the quality of related ...

After a period of rapid economic growth associated with high commodity prices, the region had entered a phase of lackluster performance. Recent developments, including a new oil price shock, and the ...

This paper introduces a new global database with estimates of intergenerational income mobility for 87 countries, covering 84 percent of the world’s population. This marks a notable expansion of the ...

World Development Report 2022: Finance for an Equitable Recovery examines the central role of finance in the economic recovery from COVID-19. Based on an in-depth look at the consequences of the ...