This brief showcases the gender landscape in Lithuania on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184702Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Republic of Congo, home to 6.1 million people, is a lower-middle-income nation characterized by a youthful demographic, with 47.2 percent under 18, and significant urbanization, with 58.1 percent of...
Type: BriefReport#: 200642Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
As of 2023, 17.5 million Filipinos, or 15.5 percent of the population, lived in poverty according to official estimates. Building resilience continues to be a crucial priority for the Philippines. As an...
Type: BriefReport#: 200722Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Uruguay maintains one of the lowest poverty rates in Latin America, with 6.7 percent of its population living below the international poverty line of $6.85 per capita per day (2017 PPP) in 2023, a figure...
Type: BriefReport#: 200754Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report assesses the current state of renewable energy development in the EAP region, focusing on China, Indonesia, Vietnam, and the Philippines (the “focus countries”). These countries were selected...
Type: ReportReport#: 206138Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The report highlights safety challenges across several areas and ways to address them. Key challenges include the limited availability and affordability of certified helmets, widespread counterfeit gear,...
Type: ReportReport#: 202437Date: September 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Ethiopia faces political, economic, and humanitarian challenges. Support from the international community weakened notably during the two-year conflict in Tigray. Bunching of debt service in the near to...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 204606Date: September 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report presents a snapshot of the collective impact of actions taken by
individuals and institutions over the last 10 years to conserve, manage, and
restore the Amazon as part of the Amazon Sustainable...
Type: ReportReport#: 204886Date: September 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This joint World Bank/IMF Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) indicates that Tajikistan’s debt is sustainable while the external and overall risk of debt distress remain high (unchanged from the February...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 204616Date: September 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Under the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LIC DSF), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains at moderate risk of both external and overall debt distress.1 This is consistent...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 205034Date: September 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
There are signs that economic activity may be decelerating. Growth in merchandise exports slowed in August after the frontloading of shipments to the US in previous months. Growth in manufacturing activity...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 205508Date: September 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Women are often portrayed in climate discourse as disproportionately vulnerable to environmental change—a reductive framing that, while grounded in evidence, can obscure their agency and leadership in...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11223Date: September 30, 2025Author:
Alsaleh, Adhwaa ;
Borker, Girija ;
Uckat, Hannah Irmela
The labor market is undergoing major changes driven by technological, economic, and demographic factors. Climate change and climate action are contributing to these shifts, driving growth in some sectors...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11224Date: September 30, 2025Author:
Knudsen, Camilla ;
Moura, Fernanda Senra de ;
Bucker, Joris Joseph Johannes Hendrik ;
Mealy, Penelope Ann
Viet Nam’s economy continued to show strong momentum in September, with growth supported by robust exports, strong industrial activity, and resilient domestic demand. However, manufacturers’ sentiment...
Type: BriefReport#: 205362Date: September 30, 2025Author:
Nguyen, Ha Thi Thu
The Republic of Cyprus (hereafter referred to as ‘Cyprus’) faces various natural hazards, including earthquakes. According to the National Risk Assessment (NRA) for the Republic of Cyprus, earthquakes...
Type: ReportReport#: 204826Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
Most African coastal nations prohibit industrial vessels from fishing near their shores; these Inshore Exclusion Zones (IEZs) reserve the most productive locations for small-scale, artisanal fishers. However,...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11222Date: September 29, 2025Author:
Agarwal, Aishwarya ;
Englander, Gabriel
Romania faces rising wildfire risk, with both frequency and impact expected to intensify. In 2021, Romania was identified as one of the countries in the European Union (EU) most affected by wildfires....
Type: ReportReport#: 204823Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
The report focuses on the following specific research questions: 1. What do historical trends tell us about the future of aquaculture in providing aquatic or blue foods? 2. What role do finance and investment...
Type: ReportReport#: 202487Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
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