Benin’s overall and external public debt remain at moderate risk of debt distress, unchanged from the previous DSA
(December 2024). All projected external debt burden indicators remain below high-risk...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 202828Date: June 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The updated Bank/Fund debt sustainability analysis (DSA) for Rwanda continues to indicate a moderate risk of external and overall public debt distress, though space to absorb shocks without breaching high-risk...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 203021Date: June 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This study examines the effectiveness and challenges of Uzbekistan's skills development system and skilling opportunities for migrants, with the goal of providing actionable recommendations. As Uzbekistan...
Despite significant progress in reducing poverty, the Philippines continues to face high inequality, which stayed elevated in the early 2000s as the economy grew. Although inequality has gradually declined...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11163Date: June 30, 2025Author:
Belghith, Nadia Belhaj Hassine ;
Fernandez, Francine Claire Chang ;
Lavin, Benjamin Aaron
The transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient economy is urgently needed to mitigate the profound impacts of climate change. However, this essential transition presents one of the greatest socioeconomic...
Type: ReportReport#: 202326Date: June 30, 2025Author:
Calice, Pietro ;
Miralles Murciego, Graciela
This paper will present the World Bank’s Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP) as an
illustrative case study to demonstrate the operational effectiveness of social protection and why it is a...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 202721Date: June 30, 2025Author:
Roest, Johan ;
Coudouel, Aline ;
Gordin, Liza
Trade’s impact on emissions is not straightforward. Existing literature on trade and emissions primarily focuses on countries' net export emissions, often neglecting the emissions saved by importing products...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11164Date: June 30, 2025Author:
Ebadi, Ebad ;
Aldaz-Carroll, Enrique
Fourteen years of conflict have devastated Syria’s economy. The assessment takes stock of Syria’s economic trajectory amid ongoing political transition and regional instability. It highlights the severe...
Type: Economic Updates and ModelingReport#: 202900Date: June 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Black Sea has been a crucial factor in the economic and human development of the surrounding region for thousands of years. In the past decades, the Black Sea region and its 160 million inhabitants...
Type: ReportReport#: 202723Date: June 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper examines vertical skills mismatch in Türkiye using a refined measure that adjusts for occupation, age group, sector, and year to isolate genuine education-job misalignment from compositional...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 202887Date: June 30, 2025Author:
Paul, Saumik ;
Raju, Dhushyanth
This background paper examines the critical issue of how to enhance digital skills among youth who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) in Africa to prevent approximately 72 million young...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 203090Date: June 30, 2025Author:
Gala, Priyal Mukesh ;
Namit, Kabira ;
Kidwai, Huma
his paper examines the current state of the gender digital skills divide in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), drawing on a broad set of data sources to assess disparities between men and women across key dimensions...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 203094Date: June 30, 2025Author:
Voufo, Christiane Wendy ;
Gala, Priyal Mukesh ;
Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca
The rapid expansion of the digital economy in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) presents opportunities and challenges in addressing the gender digital skills divide. This report analyzes comprehensive, genderresponsive...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 203095Date: June 30, 2025Author:
Luque, Alberto Munoz Najar ;
Gala, Priyal Mukesh ;
Barron Rodriguez, Maria Rebeca
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