Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) are non-lending activities that help external clients or audiences advance a development objective. The World Bank offers analysis and advice to support design or implementation of better policies, strengthen institutions, build capacity, inform development strategies or operations, and contribute to the global development agenda. Outputs of Advisory Services and Analytics include analytical reports, policy notes, hands-on advice, and knowledge-sharing workshops or training programs.
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Examples
ANALYTICS
Country analytics: Philippines Country Growth and Jobs Report: Running Uphill - Growth, Jobs, and the Quest for Productivity, July 2025
Regional analytics: Jobs and Women: Untapped Talent, Unrealized Growth. MENAAP Economic Update, October 2025
Global analytics: Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet, September 2025
ADVISORY
Country advisory: Republic of Kazakhstan: Climate Adaptation Options and Opportunities in the Agriculture Sector, May 2024
Regional advisory: Chief Economists of Government (CEoG) Initiative
Global advisory: 2025 Global Digital Summit: Digital Pathways for All
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Reimbursable Advisory Services (RAS) are analytics or advise provided in response to a request from, and paid for by, the recipient of the service (client), under a legal agreement. In providing RAS, the Bank's purpose is to expand the options available to member countries of all income levels, including those that have graduated from the Bank. RAS clients can be central governments; subnational governments; state-owned enterprises; non-governmental and other not-for-profit organizations (such as chambers of commerce); and multilateral institutions, including development banks and regional organizations.
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Examples
Romania - Technical Support for the Preparation of Flood Risk Management Plans
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Core Analytics are the minimum package of country analytics envisioned to strengthen policy advice, country engagements, and quality of operations, and implemented with a mandatory periodicity differentiated by country eligibility. The current list of core analytics includes the following five products:
- The Country Growth and Jobs Report (CGJR). The CGJR is the revamped and renamed Country Economic Memorandum (CEM). It provides a rigorous analysis for the World Bank Group’s core mission in the areas of growth and jobs and helps client countries design and implement a strategy to accelerate economic growth and creation of new and better jobs. For additional information see Jobs and Growth.
- The Country Private Sector Diagnostic (CPSD 2.0). The CPSD 2.0 seeks to unlock private investment and create jobs through policy action that removes impediments to private investment. Each CPSD takes a private investor perspective to identify factors that discourage private investment in sectors of the economy which hold unrealized commercial potential. It then proposes concrete sector-specific policy actions that can be taken in the near-term to remove disincentives to private investment, while delivering on broader development goals. For additional information, see Country Private Sector Diagnostic.
- The Poverty and Equity Assessment (PEA). The PEA offers a systematic analysis of poverty, inequality, and livable planet and helps client countries to set policy priorities that can put the country on a sustainable path to ending poverty and promoting shared prosperity on a livable planet. For additional information see Poverty.
- The Public Finance Review (PFR). The PFR offers a systematic analysis of efficiency and effectiveness of fiscal policy. It supports the creation of fiscal space by providing analytical foundations and identifying options for revenue-enhancing tax reforms alongside improvements in expenditure efficiency and effectiveness. For additional information see Fiscal Policy.
- The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR). The CCDR captures the interplay between development (including poverty reduction, growth, inequality), climate change and climate policies. It investigates how climate change and global decarbonization may impact a country’s development path and priorities; and identifies potential areas for country action in resilience, adaptation and mitigation to improve development outcomes. For additional information see Country Climate and Development Reports.
Policy and Guidance
Bank Directive: Advisory Services and Analytics
Bank Procedure: Advisory Services and Analytics
Bank Directive: Reimbursable Advisory Services
Bank Guidance: Reimbursable Advisory Services