The objective of this report is to support evidence-based decision-making to improve TVET performance by filling knowledge gaps on TVET institutions under the purview of the Ministry of Labor and Vocational...
Type: ReportReport#: 204828Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play an important role in the provision of transport infrastructure and services. Many transport SOEs perform poorly, which undermines their ability to undertake needed capital...
Type: ReportReport#: 204841Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
This note summarizes the results and lessons learned from piloting cluster competitiveness initiatives (CCIs) in Upper Egypt. It aims to help World Bank staff and practitioners who are grappling with enabling...
Type: ReportReport#: 204815Date: September 28, 2025Author:
Olafsen, Ellen ;
El Gammal, Salma Rasem Mohammed ;
Eldozdar, Yehia Khedr ;
Costantin, Antony Ashraf Farid Sobhy
The September 2025 update to the poverty and inequality platform (PIP) introduces changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. This document details the changes to underlying data and the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 204757Date: September 26, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Malawi assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Malawi perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
Type: ReportReport#: 205726Date: September 26, 2025Author:
WB473687
Economic growth in Uganda remains strong. Real GDP growth accelerated from 6.1 percent in 9M-FY24 to an estimated 6.8 percent in 9M-FY25. This robust performance was mainly driven on the supply side by...
Type: ReportReport#: 204790Date: September 26, 2025Author:
Refaqat, Saadia ;
Namunane, Silver ;
Samula, Liz Mukasa ;
Palombo, Edoardo ;
Magezi Ndamira, Barbara Kasura ;
Fritz, Verena Maria ;
Lukwago, Daniel
This study aims to answer the question: “How does inclusive childcare access affect the workforce participation of mothers with children with disabilities?” Despite the World Bank’s substantial investments...
Type: ReportReport#: 204808Date: September 26, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper explores whether satellite imagery can be used to derive a measure to estimate conflict-induced damage to agricultural production and compare the results to those obtained using media-based...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11221Date: September 25, 2025Author:
Deininger, Klaus W. ;
Ali, Daniel Ayalew ;
Nataliia, Kussul ;
Lemoine, Guido ;
Shelestov, Andrii ;
Shumilo, Leonid
Thailand’s economic momentum softened in Q2 2025 with growth lagging behind regional peers due to weak private consumption and tourism. High-frequency data confirmed this softening trend, with a slowdown...
Type: BriefReport#: 204751Date: September 25, 2025Author:
Puthong, Warunthorn Milk
In collaboration with Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency, the World Bank is piloting a Responsible Data Sharing Framework (RDSF) for the distributed renewable energy sector. The framework was developed...
Type: BriefReport#: 204721Date: September 25, 2025Author:
Shrestha, Ashish ;
Pedersen, Anders ;
Janardhanan, Neelima ;
Hanley, Mollie
The Country Opinion Survey in China assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in China perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
Type: ReportReport#: 204753Date: September 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
Vietnam has prioritized semiconductors as one of ten critical technologies and set explicit goals of becoming a global semiconductor talent hub by 2030, moving up the value chain toward higher value-added...
Type: ReportReport#: 203158Date: September 25, 2025Author:
Tran, Nguyet Anh ;
Bentil, Ekua Nuama ;
Dao, Trang Hong ;
Vo, Dung Kieu ;
Tran, Huong Thi Lan ;
Bergman, Johan Bjurman ;
Nguyen, Mike ;
Dang, Vinh Quang ;
Wei, Gu-Yeon ;
Case, Suzanne ;
Park, Joshua
The Country Opinion Survey in China assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in China perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
Type: ReportReport#: 204753Date: September 25, 2025Author:
qixue
The Country Opinion Survey in China assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in China perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and...
Type: ReportReport#: 204753Date: September 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
The standard global poverty estimation method - relying on household survey data and consumer price index (CPI) - based inflation - suggests a sharp decline in Madagascar’s international poverty rate (measured...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 204722Date: September 25, 2025Author:
Yoshida, Nobuo ;
Mulangu, Francis Muamba ;
Oviedo, Ana Maria ;
Wu, Haoyu ;
Sho, Tomoyuki ;
Aron, Danielle Victoria ;
Nsababera, Olive Umuhire
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