Although by its very nature climate resilience can never be fully “standardized”, the development and mainstreaming of climate resilience metrics can benefit from greater consensus around key topics. Areas...
Type: BriefReport#: 204281Date: August 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
In recent years, the care economy has emerged as a pivotal element in the global discourse on development, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). This sector holds immense potential not...
Type: ReportReport#: 204752Date: August 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Low investments in human development (HD) are both a cause and a consequence of economic performance and income growth. Thriving populations in knowledge societies are skilled, mobile, healthy, and connected....
Type: ReportReport#: 204336Date: August 31, 2025Author:
Morgandi, Matteo ;
Koettl-Brodmann, Johannes ;
Gentilini, Ugo ;
Duran, Denizhan ;
Caillaud, Fadila ;
Saadah, Fadia M.
Studies of the development of clean hydrogen have often focused on the production side. Infrastructure built and used for storage and transportation warrants more attention. Among the topics that should...
Type: BriefReport#: 204280Date: August 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper explores how the three megatrends will affect the people of MENA and how, through emerging Human Development (HD) policies, the region can shape these trends and harness new opportunities while...
Type: ReportReport#: 204336Date: August 31, 2025Author:
Morgandi, Matteo ;
Koettl-Brodmann, Johannes ;
Gentilini, Ugo ;
Duran, Denizhan ;
Caillaud, Fadila ;
Saadah, Fadia M.
The world is undergoing a new transition - one that can redefine the relationship between economic growth, human well-being, and the environment. Throughout history, major transformations, such as the...
Type: PublicationReport#: 203970Date: August 29, 2025Author:
Damania, Richard ;
Ebadi, Ebad ;
Mayr, Kentaro Florian ;
Russ, Jason Daniel ;
Zaveri, Esha Dilip
Sierra Leone’s creative economy is a significant yet underleveraged engine for diversification, youth employment, and cultural expression, contributing an estimated 4.5% of GDP and over 10% of formal employment....
Type: ReportReport#: 204120Date: August 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
The World Bank in India newsletter for August 2025 includes the following headings: Cultivating Change in Agricultural Education : The Rise of Tech-Drivin Learning in India's Agriculture Universities;...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 204119Date: August 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
This World Bank report highlights the benefits of investing in resilient urban sanitation systems for people, economic growth, and the planet. The report presents
a suite of policy, institutional, regulatory,...
Type: ReportReport#: 203930Date: August 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
This World Bank report highlights the benefits of investing in resilient urban sanitation systems for people, economic growth, and the planet. The report presents
a suite of policy, institutional, regulatory,...
Type: ReportReport#: 203930Date: August 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
FY25 Annual Report of the World Bank Group (WBG) Partnership Fund for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which responds to the growing demand for strategic initiatives that advance the achievement...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 204054Date: August 29, 2025Author:
World Bank
Zambia’s public debt is assessed as sustainable but remains at high risk of overall and external debt distress. The analysis is based on a full post-restructuring macro-framework, incorporating the treatment...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 204069Date: August 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
Côte d’Ivoire’s overall and external public debt remain at moderate risk of debt distress, similarly to the December 2024 Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA). The external debt service-to-revenue and to-export...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 204062Date: August 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
This note describes the Devolve-ICMS program, an innovative VAT cashback initiative aimed at refunding taxes to low-income households in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Using administrative records,...
Type: ReportReport#: 204089Date: August 28, 2025Author:
Bachas, Pierre ;
Flores, Tatiana ;
Lara Ibarra, Gabriel ;
Mantovani, Anderson Aparecido ;
Oliveira, Evandro Souza de ;
Padilha, Giovanni ;
Scot, Thiago
Togo’s economic trajectory in recent years has been shaped by both resilient performance and emerging vulnerabilities. The 2025 Economic Update underscores the urgency of restoring fiscal space and implementing...
Type: ReportReport#: 204091Date: August 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
This review provides a comprehensive and curated analysis of digital skills frameworks for teachers at the global, regional, and national levels. It outlines the competency domains and individual competencies...
Type: ReportReport#: 204059Date: August 28, 2025Author:
Chinen, Marjorie H
The Results and Performance of the World Bank Group 2025 (RAP 2025) report presents a two-part review of the lending and non-lending support of the World Bank Group. Part 1 will focus on trends in project-...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 204531Date: August 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
Global goods trade expanded in the first half of 2025 compared with the same period of 2024 despite higher trade-policy uncertainty. Trade in services, which is reported with a lag, expanded in the January-to-May...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 204090Date: August 28, 2025Author:
World Bank
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