The Philippines economy posted robust growth in early 2010, in part due to large one-off factors. As did many countries in the region, the Philippines benefited from a strong rebound in global ...

For programs to be responsive to the specific spatial contexts, growth drivers, constraints to economic activity, and the economic potential of cities in India’s complex city system, which comprises ...

Economic Update offers a comprehensive evaluation of the country’s economy, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for sustainable growth, macro-fiscal stability, and development in the face of ...

The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) identifies ways that Cameroon can achieve its overall development ...

The steep decline in the world oil price in the last quarter of 2014 slashed fuel price subsidies. Several governments ...

When leaders face political economy constraints, is it best to delay all decarbonization initiatives until a sectorally ...

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Investment Facilitation for Development Agreement (IFD) aims to increase the participation of developing countries and least-developed countries (LDCs) in global ...

This policy report studies Kiribati’s coconut sector, and proposes ways to remove distortions, increase efficiency, and encourage diversification. It does this while taking into account the coconut ...

At the heart of the growth problem, the persistence of poverty, and issues of policy reform in Zambia is the public sector ...

Governments have been using technology to modernize the public sector for decades. The World Bank Group (WBG) has been a partner in this process, providing both financing and technical assistance to ...

Intrahousehold constraints and relational dynamics may contribute to a gender gap in entrepreneurship. This mixed-methods paper uses a randomized controlled trial and qualitative research to examine ...