This study documents short-term economic mobility in Malaysia over the first two decades of the twenty-first century, at the population level and for various subgroups. The findings show broad and steady...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10991Date: December 3, 2024Author:
Rongen,Gerton ;
Lanjouw,Peter
This report focuses on the roots of structural inequality that are at the heart of
Africa’s slow progress in reducing extreme poverty. Rather than resulting from
differences in talent or effort, structural...
Type: ReportReport#: 195284Date: December 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Namibia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better
understanding how stakeholders in Namibia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with
systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 195286Date: December 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Country Opinion Survey in Namibia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better
understanding how stakeholders in Namibia perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with
systematic feedback from national...
Type: ReportReport#: 195286Date: December 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Economic growth is often associated with welfare gains through job creation. However, the number and quality of new job opportunities created in a growing economy vary across countries and sectors, due...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10989Date: December 2, 2024Author:
Burgi,Constantin ;
Shoghik Hovhannisyan ;
Camilo Mondragon Velez
This report focuses on the roots of structural inequality that are at the heart of
Africa’s slow progress in reducing extreme poverty. Rather than resulting from
differences in talent or effort, structural...
Type: ReportReport#: 195284Date: December 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integral to global economies and societies, the need for effective AI governance has never been more urgent. The rapid advancement in AI technologies...
Type: ReportReport#: 195304Date: December 2, 2024Author:
Sharmista Appaya ;
Jeremy Ng
Thailand, like many countries in the region, faces a skills crisis, with a very large proportion of youth and adults whose foundational skills are below threshold levels, meaning they cannot perform basic...
Type: ReportReport#: 187719Date: December 2, 2024Author:
World Bank
Understanding global food production and productivity patterns is crucial for policy and in-vestment decisions aimed at addressing poverty, food insecurity, and climate change. This pa-per develops comprehensive...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS10990Date: December 2, 2024Author:
John Baffes ;
Etienne,Xiaoli
This document summarizes the progress made under the Reforms for Economic Stabilization to Enable Transformation (RESET) development policy financing (DPF) for the Federal Republic of Nigeria (Borrower...
Type: Board ReportReport#: 195339Date: December 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Indonesia’s economy remains resilient, buoyed by strong domestic demand and a recovering service sector. The current account deficit widened, driven by moderating terms of trade and cyclical factors that...
Type: ReportReport#: 195622Date: December 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
This policy note synthesizes the results of collaboration between the Government of Mongolia (GoM) and the World Bank that produced a body of analytic and advisory work that can be used to generate policy-relevant...
Type: Policy NoteReport#: 195959Date: December 1, 2024Author:
Andrew Mitchell ;
Giovanni Ruta
With climate change causing loss and damage, disrupting nature, and affecting the lives of billions of people, the world has accepted that it cannot achieve carbon dioxide reduction goals without phasing...
Type: ReportReport#: 195238Date: December 1, 2024Author:
Joanne Jordan ;
Janna Dakini Tenzing
Kenya’s macroeconomic environment improved in 2024, following a tighter macroeconomic policy framework. Still, GDP growth is decelerating as Kenya faced a multiplicity of challenges during the year. Broadening...
Type: ReportReport#: 195428Date: December 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Cambodia will need to significantly improve its productivity performance in the coming decades to sustain high rates of economic growth and realize its vision of rapidly becoming a high income country....
Type: ReportReport#: 195430Date: December 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
The Philippines was one of the fastest-growing economies in EAP, with GDP growth increasing to 5.8 percent in Q1-Q3 2024 (5.6 percent in Q1-Q3 2023). Services continued to lead growth, mainly financial...
Type: PublicationReport#: 195424Date: December 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Between 2017 and 2022, Bhutan significantly reduced poverty, driven by strong economic growth, labor market and agricultural productivity improvements, COVID-19 relief programs, and substantial remittance...
Type: Poverty AssessmentReport#: 195905Date: December 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Armenia has made significant progress in its development journey by improving its ability to
withstand shocks and becoming an upper-middle-income country in 2018. Armenia’s GDP per capita more than doubled...
Type: ReportReport#: 195350Date: December 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
Industrial production improved in November 2024, driven by an increased production of key export and manufactured products. While staying in expansionary territory, Vietnam’s PMI inched down slightly from...
Type: BriefReport#: 195870Date: December 1, 2024Author:
World Bank
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