This study builds on the analysis on fiscal space for health in Uganda that was conducted by
the World Bank in 2010. The previous study by Okwero et al. (2010) showed that there was low
and inefficient...
Type: ReportReport#: 201606Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The World Bank commits to removing barriers to inclusive education so that the right to education may be upheld for all children and youth, including learners from poorer households and/or rural and...
Type: BriefReport#: 201067Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Solomon Islands was conducted in 2012-2013. Frequent natural disasters threaten people’s livelihoods and well-being...
Type: BriefReport#: 200731Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Financial resources lost to corruption are estimated at about 5 percent of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to United Nations estimates. Recovering even a fraction of those assets could provide...
The guide is structured into three main sections: guidance notes. This section acts as a primer, offering clear, concise, and practical information on policy and process issues related to refugee inclusion....
Public investment has played, and will continue to play, a crucial role in Viet Nam’s economic and social development. The Government of Vietnam has made major progress in the past decades in improving...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 202397Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Global goods trade continued to expand rapidly from October 2024 through February 2025, driven by a surge in demand fueled by expectations of higher import restrictions in the US. Trade in services, which...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 201108Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report aims to enhance the understanding of the priorities, needs, and solutions for improving air quality (AQ) in Central Asia (CA) through local action and regional collaboration. It focuses on...
Type: ReportReport#: 201071Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The report reviews the impact of the green transition on employment in Kosovo and the eƯects it will have on the workforce and the skills base required in the future. Globally, as in Kosovo, the structural...
Type: ReportReport#: 202330Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Mali’s risk of external and overall debt distress is assessed to be moderate, although downside risks have increased since the 2023 debt sustainability analysis (DSA). For external debt, no breaches occur...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 202503Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
This Technical Note, prepared as part of the FSAP development module assessment conducted by the World Bank in October 2024, examines key financial consumer protection issues in the Eswatini financial...
Type: Financial Sector Assessment Program (FSAP)Report#: 204047Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Boeddu, Gian ;
De Mesquita Gomes, Sergio Jose
Spurred by economic growth, poverty in Iran had continued to decline from its peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, but over a third of Iranians still live in poverty. With a projected contraction in per-capita...
Type: BriefReport#: 200667Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and
environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society, on an equal
basis with...
Type: BriefReport#: 201066Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty in Somalia remains severe and widespread, with 54 percent of the population living below the national poverty line in 2022. Urban areas have lower poverty rates compared to rural and nomadic communities....
Type: BriefReport#: 200734Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Oil price increases that began in late 2020 have led to a global proliferation of liquid fuel subsidies and price controls, as governments sought to reduce, redistribute, or delay the impact of rising...
Type: ReportReport#: 197552Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Akcura, Elcin ;
Bloch, Francis Cuadros
This 2025 Economic Update for Niger contains two chapters. The first chapter presents the
economic and poverty developments observed in the country in 2024 as well as the outlook
from 2025 to 2027. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 202215Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) was conducted in 2013-2014. The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic led...
Type: BriefReport#: 200653Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty reduction in Moldova is stagnating, with absolute poverty based on the national methodology rising from 25.2 percent in 2019 to 31.6 percent in 2023. Poverty remains particularly persistent in...
Type: BriefReport#: 200682Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Industrial production was solid in April, thanks to export acceleration, however, the PMI fell sharply, suggesting slower growth ahead. The Industrial Production Index (IIP) increased by 8.9 percent y/y...
Type: BriefReport#: 201517Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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