The authors apply a Heckman selection model to the 2003 Investment Climate Survey (ICS) to investigate supply-side ...

Single-use plastics (SUPs) are a major concern in countries such as the Philippines due to SUPs’ extensive use and ...

This Global Rapid Post-Disaster Damage Estimation (GRADE) report provides a synopsis of the estimated direct economic ...

The author considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza with respect to trade and the export of labor services.

Technological change is transforming labor markets globally and across Africa, reshaping the demand for skills, particularly digital competencies. To remain relevant, education and training systems ...

Myanmar is a country in transition and faces the following main challenges: a) reducing the incidence of poverty and improving human development outcomes, particularly for the poor and vulnerable; ...

The Pacific region stands at a critical juncture. Urbanization is reshaping its economies and societies at an unprecedented pace, offering the promise of greater prosperity, better services, and ...

The Lao economy is projected to grow at 8 percent in 2013. The hydropower sector (both completed projects in operation and projects in the construction or development phase), construction, food ...

This paper examines whether the African Growth and Opportunity Act—the United States’ unilateral trade preference program for Sub‑Saharan Africa—has served as an effective instrument for development ...

The overall objective of the Zambezi River Multi-Sector Investment Opportunity Analysis (MSIOA) is to illustrate the benefits of cooperation among the riparian countries in the ZRB through a multi ...

This Railway Reform Toolkit aims to provide an easy-to-use resource on the rail industry and to provide an experience-based set of best practices to aid in the planning and execution of railway ...

Business Ready (B-READY) is a World Bank Group corporate flagship report that provides a quantitative assessment of the business and investment climate worldwide. It offers a comprehensive data set ...