Author: World Bank

Reliable quantitative data are essential for understanding economic, social and governance development because it provides evidence, and evidence a...

Firms of different sizes play different roles in organized markets and societies. This report focuses on the particular role that larger firms - fi...

Many cities have sought to replicate the urban bus public-private partnership (PPP) structures that succeeded at the beginning of the millennium, s...

Roads and water are generally seen as enemies, with water responsible for most of the damage to roads, and roads being a major cause of problems su...

Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report. Published semiannually, the report includes analysis of topical policy challenges ...

This report is intended to provide conceptual and empirical learnings to help support the ongoing implementation of a continent-wide 'Digital Trans...

How can we manage cross-border mobility in a manner that is beneficial to all? The World Development Report 2023 shifts from a narrow focus on labo...

A new, innovation-led growth model would enable Argentina to increase economic stability and achieve stronger shared prosperity. Argentina can esca...

Trade is a well-established driver of growth and poverty reduction. But changes in trade policy also have distributional impacts that create winner...

This report examines the use of natural capital (natural resources and services) around the world. It finds that most countries are using these res...

Eighth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulations in 183 economies, Doing Business 2011 measures regulations affecting 10 areas o...

The objective of Mini Grids for Half A Billion People is to present road-tested options and examples from the frontier of mini grid development in ...

Countries in East Asia and the Pacific were already experiencing a learning crisis when the COVID-19 pandemic made things worse. This report examin...