One defining feature of financial crises, evident in U.S. and international data, is asymmetric bank distress—concentrated losses on a subset of banks. This paper proposes a model in which shocks to borrowers’...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11170Date: July 10, 2025Author:
Kim, Dohan
The first quarter of the twenty-first century has been transformative for emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs). These economies now account for about 45 percent of global GDP, up from about...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11169Date: July 10, 2025Author:
Balatti Mozzanica, Mirco ;
Kose, Ayhan ;
Mckinnon, Kate Frances ;
Palombo, Edoardo ;
Sugawara, Naotaka ;
Verduzco Bustos, Guillermo ;
Vorisek, Dana
Between 2019 and 2022, Madagascar experienced an acute drought that triggered a chronic food security crisis, drawing justified attention to its nutritional and poverty-related impacts. However, local...
Type: ReportReport#: 203110Date: July 10, 2025Author:
Rivelli, Francesca ;
Iacovelli, Valentina ;
Rakotoarindrasata, Mina ;
Harivola, Stella ;
Randrianasolorivo, Jean de Dieu
The Thailand Economic Monitor (TEM) reports on key developments in Thailand’s economy over the past six months, situates these changes in the context of global trends and Thailand’s longer-term economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 202772Date: July 10, 2025Author:
World Bank
Central Asia is highly vulnerable to natural hazards, especially earthquakes, floods, and landslides. Furthermore, in the last two decades, climate change has raised the frequency and intensity of natural...
Type: ReportReport#: 203101Date: July 9, 2025Author:
Huang, Chyi-Yun ;
Takeuchi, Ko ;
Fraser, Stuart ;
Nizamitdin, Madina ;
Sanginov, Faridun ;
Jukusheva, Tolkun ;
Skalon, Tatiana ;
Melecky, Martin ;
McGree, Daniel Anthony ;
Sultanov, Oraz ;
Novikova, Marina ;
Gonzalez, Alejandro ;
Temurov, Mukim ;
Pozniak, Charles
This study explores the short-term welfare and distributive effects of selected fuel tax and subsidy reforms in six countries in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region that are aimed at promoting...
Type: ReportReport#: 203097Date: July 9, 2025Author:
World Bank
Green accountability means that all members of civil society have the means and ability to participate and influence decisions that shape how climate finance is spent, managed and monitored in their country....
Type: ReportReport#: 203083Date: July 9, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper investigates the impact of conflicts on flood-affected households in Nigeria, utilizing a balanced panel dataset derived from the Living Standards Measurement Survey data collected in 2012,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11167Date: July 8, 2025Author:
Ben Bih, Karima ;
Jafino, Bramka Arga ;
Desjonqueres, Chloe Genevieve Helene ;
Masson,Solene
This paper examines the compounded effects of conflict on household recovery following disasters, using Nigeria as a case study. The analysis employs the “Unbreakable” microsimulation model to analyze...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11168Date: July 8, 2025Author:
Ben Bih, Karima ;
Jafino, Bramka Arga ;
Desjonqueres, Chloe Genevieve Helene ;
Sirenko, Mikhail
This report builds on a prior analytical study conducted in 2024 (International Prices and Food Security: An Analysis of Food and Fertilizer Price Transmission in Central America), which examined the extent...
Type: ReportReport#: 203042Date: July 8, 2025Author:
World Bank
Shocks and crises pose significant threats to human development, disproportionately affecting poor and vulnerable households. These shocks, whether natural disasters, economic crises, or political upheavals,...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 203061Date: July 8, 2025Author:
World Bank
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 cross-country...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11166Date: July 7, 2025Author:
Munoz,Ercio ;
Van der Weide, Roy
This report provides an overview of the potential role that nature-based solutions (NBS) can play in ports. It aims to illustrate how NBS can be effectively integrated into port planning, design, and operations...
Type: ReportReport#: 202854Date: July 3, 2025Author:
Jongman, Brenden ;
Likhachova, Irina ;
Phillips, Beatrice Georgina Louise ;
Gonzalez Reguero, Borja ;
Rendle, Emma Jane ;
Zanten, Boris van ;
Dankers, Petra ;
Boer, Gosse de ;
Horstman, Marc ;
Kouwen, Niels van ;
Koenders, Leonie ;
Klooster, Jeroen ;
Geest, Mark van ;
Rijks, Daan ;
Boer, Wiebe de ;
Strigin, Natalia ;
Benit, Matthijs ;
Velde, Esmée te ;
Locher, Lot ;
Swinnen, Emiel ;
Heer, Arjan de ;
Onrust, Menno
In the Sahel, Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) is a set of social protection policies, systems, and programs that promote human capital, productivity, and resilience of the poorest and strengthen their...
Type: BriefReport#: 201902Date: July 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
Thailand is advancing efforts to develop a structured approach for integrating blue finance within the existing Kingdom of Thailand (KOT) Sustainable Financing Framework (SFF). The initiative builds on...
Type: ReportReport#: 202524Date: July 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Thailand Economic Monitor (TEM) reports on key developments in Thailand’s economy over the past six months, situates these changes in the context of global trends and Thailand’s longer-term economic...
Type: ReportReport#: 202772Date: July 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
In the Sahel, Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) is a set of social protection policies, systems, and programs that promote human capital, productivity, and resilience of the poorest and strengthen their...
Type: BriefReport#: 202875Date: July 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
In the Sahel, Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) is a set of social protection policies, systems, and programs that promote human capital, productivity, and resilience of the poorest and strengthen their...
Type: BriefReport#: 202872Date: July 3, 2025Author:
World Bank
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