Global income inequality captures income differences among all individuals around the world. Global inequality around the world increased from 1820 to 1990 as incomes in richer countries grew faster than...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11093Date: March 26, 2025Author:
Diana Carolina Garcia Rojas ;
Nishant Yonzan ;
Christoph Lakner
In 2024, global temperatures reached record highs multiple times, highlighting the growing severity of extreme heat and the widespread implications. By 2050, Bangkok, already prone to high temperatures,...
Type: ReportReport#: 200023Date: March 26, 2025Author:
Steven Louis Rubinyi ;
Putu Sanjiwacika Wibisana ;
Jane Park ;
Nicholas K.W. Jones ;
Acero, Juan A. ;
Pichaya Moeller
The Infrastructure Sector Assessment Program (InfraSAP) was launched in 2017 in support of the World Bank Group (WBG)’s Maximizing Finance for Development (MFD) approach to development finance. InfraSAP...
Type: ReportReport#: 200085Date: March 26, 2025Author:
World Bank
Air pollution is taking a heavy toll on both people and economies across the world. Reducing it will require effective, targeted, and integrated policies. This report identifies the main sources of air...
Type: ReportReport#: 200069Date: March 26, 2025Author:
World Bank
Facilitating access to financial services is a core component of most economic inclusion programs, which aim to build resilience and create opportunities for poor and vulnerable households. These programs...
Type: ReportReport#: 198038Date: March 26, 2025Author:
Serena Stepanovic ;
Ines Arevalo-Sanchez ;
Vidya Diwakar ;
Dan Gilligan
Presentation discussing economic, environmental and social sustainability triad
We need progress in economic, environmental and social sustainability; Foundations of the sustainability literature since...
Type: ReportReport#: 200071Date: March 26, 2025Author:
World Bank
The recovery of private sector investments in infrastructure (also called private participation in infrastructure (PPI), which began after the COVID-19 pandemic, has continued into 2022. In total, private...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 197544Date: March 26, 2025Author:
Deblina Saha ;
Seong Ho Hong ;
Apala Bhattacharya ;
Teshura Nair ;
Luba Vangelova
PPI investment in 2023 amounted to 86.0 billion dollars, representing 0.2 percent of the GDP of all low- and middle-income countries (38.8 trillion dollars). Although this represents a slight decrease...
Type: Annual ReportReport#: 200084Date: March 26, 2025Author:
Deblina Saha ;
Seong Ho Hong
This disaster risk finance (DFR) diagnostic was prepared by the World Bank Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice in response to a request from the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) for a study...
Type: ReportReport#: 200027Date: March 25, 2025Author:
Qhelile Ndlovu ;
Michal Krzysztof Pietrkiewicz ;
Chituku, Tawanda
In 2012, Somalia was considered a failed state characterized by multiple, protracted, and deeply rooted fragility and development challenges. Today, Somalia remains one of the poorest and most fragile...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 197395Date: March 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
Managing the impacts of disasters in emerging markets is an urgent necessity as climate related shocks grow in frequency and intensity. Governments face fiscal constraints, and insurance penetration remains...
Type: ReportReport#: 200025Date: March 25, 2025Author:
Bianca Adam ;
Stephane Hallegatte ;
Olivier Mahul
This Knowledge Note presents two sets of analytical work to further our understanding of the links between public support in the agrifood sector and healthy diets. While the analytical work here is mostly...
Type: ReportReport#: 200021Date: March 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Middle East and North Africa faces significant climate challenges, such as increasing temperatures, heightened flood risks, frequent droughts, and growing air pollution issues. These challenges are...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11092Date: March 25, 2025Author:
Balasubramanian,Chitra ;
Sandra Baquie ;
Alan Fuchs
Togo has achieved significant development gains over the last decade, but progress is still held back by slow structural transformation and a large urban-rural divide. Togo was able to achieve relatively...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 200057Date: March 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
This report assesses the current performance of tourism in the Caribbean1 and, in light of the new trends, identifies future pathways and policies for sustainable growth in three targeted segments. These...
Type: ReportReport#: 200019Date: March 25, 2025Author:
World Bank
The employment structure in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) differs markedly from that in advanced economies, which has implications for adjustment to cyclical conditions. This paper...
Type: Policy Research Working PaperReport#: WPS11089Date: March 24, 2025Author:
Loungani,Prakash ;
Emiliano Evaristo Luttini ;
Hayley Marie Pallan
The World Bank Group considers itself a “Knowledge Bank.” The Bank’s knowledge work contributes to development outcomes both by informing clients in various policy and reform areas, and by informing staff...
Type: IEG EvaluationReport#: 197067Date: March 24, 2025Author:
World Bank
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