This paper uses cross-sectional surveys of households over 2007–21 from Thailand’s Socio-Economic Expenditure Survey to ...

Burundi is a small landlocked country bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to the west, Rwanda to the north ...

This paper examines the early implementation of Ethiopia’s refugee work rights policy, with a focus on the issuance of permits that enable refugees to engage in economic activities. Building on ...

The Bank Group launched the 2020–25 Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) Strategy with the aim of strengthening its ...

Botswana stands at a critical juncture where climate action and sustainable development must be pursued together to secure ...

In July 2024, a new Theme Taxonomy was launched for all IBRD/IDA (the Bank) lending operations and Advisory Services and ...

The rapid expansion of social pensions in emerging economies over recent decades has been one of the defining features of ...

Labor markets in Central America and the Dominican Republic face limited direct impacts from technological advancements ...

The World Bank Group’s Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs) provide a crosscutting look at how countries’ development prospects, and the job opportunities they offe ...

This paper synthesizes recent evidence on refugee self-reliance in low- and middle-income countries, clarifying definitions, ...

The Mining Sector Diagnostic (MSD), conducted by the World Bank for Malawi, was commissioned by the Ministry of Mining and ...

Quotas, which expand opportunities, can effectively increase women’s descriptive representation when properly designed and ...