Ghana experienced considerable poverty reduction up until the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2005 and 2012, the share of people below the national poverty line fell from 32 to 24 percent. The poor are expected...
Type: BriefReport#: 196113Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Gabon distinguishes itself in Sub-Saharan Africa with its relatively high income per capita, abundant natural resources, and a significant urban population - 89 percent residing in urban areas. Economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 196115Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Emerging markets have long been viewed as high-risk destinations for investment, particularly investments in companies. Although macroeconomic and political stability risks are higher, this perception...
Type: BriefReport#: 197048Date: October 31, 2024Author:
Federico Galizia ;
Susan Marie Lund
Viet Nam’s long-term goal is to attain high-income status by 2045. Achieving a modern, industrialized and resilient economy with higher living standards will depend on well-designed government policy interventions,...
Type: ReportReport#: 200222Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Commodity prices are expected to decrease by 5 percent in 2025 and 2 percent in 2026. The projected declines are led by oil prices but tempered by price increases for natural gas and a stable outlook for...
Type: ReportReport#: 196979Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Strong economic growth, improvements in labor incomes and in educational attainment, and the expansion of social protection programs helped significantly reduce Namibia’s poverty rate between 2003-04 and...
Type: BriefReport#: 196130Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Most forward-looking indicators and a strong labor market suggest near-term expansion although manufacturing exports weakened. Sustained disinflation has allowed the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) to...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 194455Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This learning brief aims to synthesize key learnings on social norms from activities supported by the RSR-ADSP Gender Window. It is based on a review of knowledge products addressing social norms, either...
The consumption of tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in India leads to
significant public health and economic challenges, with 1.6 million deaths and 49.3 million disability-adjusted...
Type: ReportReport#: 200445Date: October 31, 2024Author:
Rijo M. John ;
Edson C. Araujo
Nicaragua enjoyed steady gross domestic product (GDP) growth at 4 percent on average between 2000 and 2018. The economy is expected to slow in 2024 and stabilize in the medium term. Growth prospects are...
Type: BriefReport#: 196117Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This International Finance Corporation (IFC) Research Note analyzes the cost of borrowing for firms in emerging and developing economies, changes in their debt structure, and indicators of indebtedness...
Type: BriefReport#: 197053Date: October 31, 2024Author:
John F. Gandolfo ;
Paolo Mauro
In Senegal, despite the existence of legal provisions and international commitments aimed at promoting gender equality in land rights, women continue to face significant challenges in accessing and controlling...
Type: PublicationReport#: 194454Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Guinea-Bissau’s socio-economic landscape is marked by persistent challenges in poverty reduction, economic development, and social advancement. The agriculture sector, particularly the production of raw...
Type: BriefReport#: 196093Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
Based on the most recent official household survey data from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, 30.9 percent of Nigerians lived below the international extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per...
Type: BriefReport#: 196118Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
The development objective of Road Safety Project for Bangladesh is to build road safety management capacity and achieve targeted reduction in traffic fatalities and serious injuries in Bangladesh. This...
Type: ReportReport#: 196211Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
In Tunisia, official poverty rates are derived from consumption patterns as reported in the 2021 National Survey on the Budget, Consumption, and Standard of Living of Households (EBCNV) including detailed...
Type: BriefReport#: 196312Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This is a subactivity of activity ‘Recommendations for the development of evidence-based jobseekers’ profiling system’. The particular aim of this report is to provide an approach to analyze the transitions...
Type: ReportReport#: 200581Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
This paper develops a tractable general equilibrium model to quantify the aggregate productivity gains from adjusting the public sector premium and the size of the public sector to their optimal levels....
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10963Date: October 31, 2024Author:
Parro,Francisco ;
Jesica Torres Coronado
The latest household income and expenditure survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Vanuatu was conducted in 2019-20, with a HIES before that occurring in 2010. The poverty rate based on the lower-middle-income...
Type: BriefReport#: 196315Date: October 31, 2024Author:
World Bank
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