This interim Business Ready (B‑READY) 2025 report assesses the business environment in 101 economies to inform policy reforms that can catalyze private sector–led job creation amid varied demographic pressures...
Type: ReportReport#: 207546Date: December 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
Azerbaijan is at a critical juncture in its development journey towards universal health coverage. Reforms of the health financing and organization of the health system have aimed to increase efficiency...
Type: ReportReport#: 207536Date: December 28, 2025Author:
Idrissi, Moulay Driss Zine Eddine El ;
Anadolu, Elvira
Iraq's construction industry is projected to grow at an annual average of 4.9 percent from 2025 to 2028, driven by increased infrastructure projects and urbanization. The government focuses on energy,...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 207547Date: December 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
Between July and September 2024, Five One Labs, with the support of the World Bank and the contribution of various international organizations, hosted a series of strategic discussions and roundtables...
Type: ReportReport#: 207544Date: December 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
This document presents the Plastic Substitution Tradeoff Estimator, a country-level tool that helps policymakers assess the environmental and economic consequences of replacing single-use plastics with...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 207538Date: December 26, 2025Author:
World Bank
This note synthesizes the World Bank’s approach to supporting the Philippines in addressing the plastic waste crisis. As one of the largest contributors to marine plastic pollution globally, the Philippines...
Type: ReportReport#: 207537Date: December 26, 2025Author:
Shrestha, Junu ;
Cresci, Alessandro
Plastic pollution contaminates oceans, water bodies, land, and the air. According to recent research (McKinsey 2015; WEF 2016), without immediate action, the amount of plastic in the ocean is expected...
Type: ReportReport#: 207539Date: December 26, 2025Author:
World Bank
A new generation of policies can trace the path from wealth to inclusion. Building on its urban and youthful population, Equatorial Guinea can shift from a model of extraction to one of prosperity. This...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 206755Date: December 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transport is essential for achieving national climate targets, yet the sector has lacked practical and credible tools to quantify the emissions impacts of policies...
Type: ReportReport#: 207529Date: December 24, 2025Author:
World Bank ;
Rogers, John A. ;
Xiong, Jing
This report contains the World Bank Group Boards’ calendar for the period from December 2025 to February 2026, specifying the Boards’ engagements, such as meetings and briefings.
Type: Board ReportReport#: 207533Date: December 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
The prospect of European Union (EU) membership has long been the most potent external anchor for governance reforms for EU candidate countries. Existing empirical work has shown that the link between EU...
Type: BriefReport#: 207534Date: December 24, 2025Author:
Izvorski, Ivailo V. ;
Madjoska, Joana
A new generation of policies can trace the path from wealth to inclusion. Building on its urban and youthful population, Equatorial Guinea can shift from a model of extraction to one of prosperity. This...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 206755Date: December 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
This 26th Uganda Economic Update reports on recent economic developments and policies, placing them in a regional and global context and assessing their implications for Uganda’s economic prospects....
Type: ReportReport#: 207525Date: December 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
Water is the foundation of a livable planet. Water sustains lives and livelihoods, enables food production on, drives economies and industry, and supports ecosystems. However, economic growth in many regions...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 207524Date: December 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
Cash transfer programs are a common means to support poor households (Banerjee et al., 2024). There is strong evidence demonstrating the effectiveness of cash transfers on household consumption and resilience...
Type: BriefReport#: 207522Date: December 23, 2025Author:
World Bank
The report highlights two emerging tools that reflect recent advancements in the cost efficiency of resilience analysis. The Global Resilience Index (GRI), developed by the University of Oxford and widely...
Type: ReportReport#: 207513Date: December 23, 2025Author:
Xiong, Jing ;
Sulikova, Simona ;
Pedroso, Frederico Ferreira Fonseca ;
Keou, Oceane ;
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