In 2022, the last year with available household survey data, 17.5 percent of the Surinamese population lived below the World Bank’s upper middle-income line of $6.85 (2017 PPP). Future offshore oil revenues...
Type: BriefReport#: 200738Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Based on the latest household income and expenditure survey (HIES) and the national cost-of-basic-needs poverty line, 20.6 percent of the population in Tonga is estimated to be poor. While inflation is...
Type: BriefReport#: 200747Date: 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
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
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
FY 25 annual report of the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL), a multilateral facility that promotes and rewards reduced greenhouse gas emissions and increased...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 204840Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
Croatia faces significant earthquake risk due to its moderate to high seismic activity and its vulnerable, aging buildings and other infrastructure. Although earthquakes are comparatively rare in Croatia,...
Type: ReportReport#: 204827Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
Nature underlies economic activity, while natural capital contributes to growth and more and better jobs. But the world’s natural capital - its renewable natural resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity...
This PFR Guidance Note on Fiscal Policy and Women’s Economic Empowerment supports World Bank country teams in integrating a gender lens into the macro fiscal, revenue, and expenditure chapters of PFRs....
Type: ReportReport#: 202508Date: September 29, 2025Author:
Komatsu, Hitomi ;
Ozer, Ceren ;
Abramovsky, Laura Fernanda ;
Jourbet, Clement
Fiji has weathered a long history of economic shocks and, with a decade of political stability behind it, has ambitions to become a high-income country. Past policies have supported its transition to an...
Type: ReportReport#: 204830Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
Despite the fact that ECD is a crucial determinant of a child’s future, several countries lack data on the status of children’s development. As a result, this training note contributes to the survey literature...
Type: ReportReport#: 204844Date: September 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
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