This Country Partnership Framework (CPF) sets forth the World Bank Group (WBG) strategy for supporting Namibia’s goals to reduce poverty and inequality as outlined in its national development plans.

Cabo Verde’s climate exposure, partly also because of its geography, is compounded by economic vulnerabilities. The country has experienced robust economic growth since the early 1990s and achieved a ...

After decades of volatile low growth and low investment, Pakistan has fallen behind its peers in key metrics of development. It now has an opportunity to durably take another course. The economy is ...

This paper uncovers new stylized facts on the emergence and diffusion of green technologies across countries, sectors, and firms. It draws on the textual analysis of patents and corporate earnings ...

In developed countries, public childcare programs have increased maternal employment by easing time constraints. However, ...

The note first discusses the main pillars of financial securityat older ages before focusing on the status of contributory ...

Western Balkan countries are consistent participants in international learning assessments like the Program for International ...

Over the past few decades, fiscal policy has been about 30 percent more procyclical and about 40 percent more volatile in ...

This note is designed to be read alongside the companion policy note on electronic signatures, which explains the role of PKI ...

This paper estimates the monetary and full returns to micro-entrepreneurship using a cross-section of Mexican women leveraging self-reported reservation wages. A generalized Roy model of ...

This paper examines the dynamics of poverty in Bhutan between 2017 and 2022, utilizing cross-sectional data from the Bhutan ...

This paper estimates the number of firms in Africa, considering their size and formal status. It relies on a novel ...