This note introduces the 14th edition of the Global Database of Shared Prosperity (GDSP). Shared prosperity, a key indicator of inclusive growth, is measured as the annualized growth rate in per capita...
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 194234Date: October 21, 2024Author:
Carlos Sabatino ;
Carolina Diaz-Bonilla ;
Danielle Victoria Aron ;
Cameron Nadim Haddad ;
Minh Cong Nguyen ;
Haoyu Wu
Armenia is progressing in closing the gender gap by ensuring: equal school enrollment at primary and secondary levels; more women studying in some STEM fields at universities (54 percent of mathematics...
Type: BriefReport#: 194223Date: October 21, 2024Author:
World Bank
This note presents the 8th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of October 2024....
Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series)Report#: 194235Date: October 21, 2024Author:
Carolina Diaz-Bonilla ;
Carlos Sabatino ;
Danielle Victoria Aron ;
Cameron Nadim Haddad ;
Minh Cong Nguyen ;
Haoyu Wu
The World Bank’s Pacific Economic Update provides an assessment of the economies of 11 Pacific Island countries (PIC-11) in part 1 and highlights the potential of investment to broaden the economic horizons...
Type: ReportReport#: 194081Date: October 21, 2024Author:
Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze ;
Vishesh Agarwal ;
Warunthorn Milk Puthong ;
Kersten Kevin Stamm ;
Dana Vorisek
Armenia is a small open economy and faces several trade constraints arising from its geographical situation and closed borders with neighboring countries. Landlocked between four countries, Armenia lacks...
Type: ReportReport#: 183534Date: October 21, 2024Author:
Mike Nyawo ;
Carolin Geginat ;
Sebastien C. Dessus ;
Antonio Nucifora ;
Miguel Eduardo Sanchez Martin
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores the unique climate change challenge faced by the Pacific Atoll Countries (Pacific Atolls), the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194210Date: October 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
This Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) explores the unique climate change challenge faced by the Pacific Atoll Countries (Pacific Atolls), the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of the Marshall...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 194210Date: October 20, 2024Author:
World Bank
East Asia and the Pacific, seen in the context of the world economy, stands out as a paragon of development. Despite the recent ravages of the pandemic and the persistent tensions of geopolitics, the region...
Type: ReportReport#: 194192Date: October 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
East Asia and the Pacific, seen in the context of the world economy, stands out as a paragon of development. Despite the recent ravages of the pandemic and the persistent tensions of geopolitics, the region...
Type: ReportReport#: 194192Date: October 18, 2024Author:
World Bank
This document presents three different views of the WBG scorecard: 1. Scorecard view presents all data at the WBG level for a set of 50 indicators (8 Vision indicators, 22 Client Context indicators, and...
Type: ReportReport#: 194164Date: October 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Nigeria Development Update (NDU) is a World Bank report series produced twice a year that assesses recent economic and social developments and prospects in Nigeria, and places these in a longer-term...
Type: ReportReport#: 194155Date: October 17, 2024Author:
World Bank
East Asia and the Pacific, seen in the context of the world economy, stands out as a paragon of development. Despite the recent ravages of the pandemic and the persistent tensions of geopolitics, the region...
Type: PublicationReport#: 194192Date: October 17, 2024Author:
Omar Arias ;
Alessandro Barattieri ;
Daisuke Fukuzawa ;
Ergys Islamaj ;
Duong Trung Le ;
Aaditya Mattoo ;
Caroline Gerd G De Roover ;
Jongrim Ha ;
Narya Ou ;
Agustin Samano Penaloza ;
Jonathan David Timmis ;
Cecile Wodon
The creation of more and better jobs has been a key driver of poverty and inequality reduction.
However, while estimates on the number of jobs are available for most countries,
comprehensive measures of...
The Committee welcomed the findings and implications of IEG’s early-stage evaluation of the Multiphase Programmatic Approach (MPA), which aim to help strengthen the effectiveness of the MPA. Members commended...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 195104Date: October 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
In many low, and middle-income countries (LMICs) around the world, lack of access to inclusive school infrastructure disproportionately affects girls, children with disabilities, and other disadvantaged...
Type: ReportReport#: 194170Date: October 16, 2024Author:
Angeles Martinez Cuba ;
Mirtha Liliana Escobar ;
Yulia Krylova
Forcibly displaced people, particularly women and girls, are at heightened risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) and face increased barriers to accessing prevention and response services. The recent...
Type: ReportReport#: 194157Date: October 16, 2024Author:
Gordan,Rebecca ;
Hanmer,Lucia ;
Manuel Contreras Urbina ;
Diana Jimena Arango
Tonga’s economic growth, historically weak due to structural factors facing many Pacific Island countries, has been particularly sluggish in recent years due to several large shocks. Tropical cyclones...
Type: ReportReport#: 193849Date: October 16, 2024Author:
World Bank
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