Japan is a global leader in seismic resilience. The whole country is exposed to high risk of earthquakes, as well as landslides, floods, extreme weather
events, and other hazards. Over the years, Japan...
Type: ReportReport#: 203582Date: August 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Uganda Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) uses a scenario approach to assess options for responding to climate challenges while achieving long-term growth aspirations. It models the impact...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 202698Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
This Low-Income Countries Debt Sustainability Analysis (LIC-DSA) provides an update to the November 2024 LICDSA, adding three elements: (i) the assumed grant extension by the World Bank until June 2028...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 203650Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Tanzania remains at moderate risk of debt distress under the Low-Income Country Debt Sustainability Framework (LICDSF), with medium debt-carrying capacity. All external debt burden indicators continue...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 203302Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
This policy note examines the role of social safety nets in addressing persistent poverty and inequality in Cameroon. Building on over a decade of implementation, Cameroon’s main safety nets initiative—the...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 204004Date: July 31, 2025Author:
Botea, Ioana Alexandra ;
Tirumala Madabushi Matam I, Hrishikesh
Economic activity remains strong, supported by well-anchored inflation, steady interest rates, and a broadly stable macroeconomic environment. Industrial production rose by 8.5 percent y/y and the manufacturing...
Type: BriefReport#: 203940Date: July 31, 2025Author:
Nguyen, Thu-Ha Thi
The July 2025 research newsletter brings together new evidence from the Development Research Group’s on how the right combination of finance, training, structural reforms, and market integration can dramatically...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 204461Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2024, global flare volumes rose to 151 billion cubic meters (BCM), the highest level since 2007, continuing the upward trend in flaring that began in 2023. The increasing waste of associated gas through...
Type: ReportReport#: 203690Date: July 31, 2025Author:
Platonova-Oquab, Alexandrina ;
Howells, Huw Martyn ;
Weigum, Natalie Marie ;
Tyagi, Vineet
Smallholder agriculture plays a central role in food production and poverty alleviation in developing countries. An estimated 510 million farms, each under two hectares, contribute roughly 35 percent of...
Type: Working PaperReport#: 204847Date: July 31, 2025Author:
Kumar, Deepak ;
Doan, Miki Khanh
The World Bank’s GRIDMAP —the Global Regulations, Institutional Development,
and Market Authorities Perspective Toolkit— provides a minimum package of
policies —based on comparative empirical research—to...
Type: ReportReport#: 203964Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
This Debt Sustainability Analysis (DSA) assesses Togo to be at moderate risk of external debt distress (unchanged from the last DSA) and moderate overall risk of public debt distress (from high risk in...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 203300Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Dominica’s debt is sustainable, but the country remains at overall high risk of debt distress with elevated levels of public and external debt. The risk of external debt distress, however, has been lowered...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 203651Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
Guidance Note on Integrating Gender into Land and Property Valuation and Taxation: While land and property taxation and valuation policies and methods are by default gender neutral, the world in which...
Type: ReportReport#: 204421Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
In line with the global movement toward environmental sustainability, Malaysia has significantly expanded initiatives concerning climate change mitigation and adaptation. Specifically, the National Energy...
The World Bank’s GRIDMAP —the Global Regulations, Institutional Development,
and Market Authorities Perspective Toolkit— provides a minimum package of
policies —based on comparative empirical research—to...
Type: ReportReport#: 203964Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
The objective of this note is to summarize the role of behavioral science in tax compliance and tax administration, elaborating on a previous note outlining the World Bank’s past work in this area (Dalton...
Type: ReportReport#: 203566Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
This paper discusses the role of social protection and labor (SPL) policies in complementing green transition policies by both mitigating the potential negative impacts of the transition on workers and...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 204663Date: July 31, 2025Author:
Honorati, Maddalena ;
Migliaccio, Emanuela
In the face of growing challenges caused by natural catastrophes, insurance should be a key element of comprehensive disaster risk financing strategies. Increasing damage and economic losses from natural...
Type: ReportReport#: 204782Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank ;
IAIS
Ethiopia’s telecommunications sector has undergone a remarkable transformation since 2018, moving from a state-controlled monopoly to a more competitive and dynamic market. This shift has been driven by...
Type: ReportReport#: 203975Date: July 31, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report is the first output of a multi-year ‘Blueing the Black Sea’ regional program to create a shared regional framework for sustainable management of the Black Sea with a focus on marine pollution,...
Type: ReportReport#: 202723Date: July 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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