Despite significant progress in reducing poverty, the Philippines continues to face high inequality, which stayed elevated in the early 2000s as the economy grew. Although inequality has gradually ...

This report provides a comprehensive review of the implementation of the iTEKAD initiative, a social finance initiative first introduced by Bank Negara Malaysia in 2020. The review examines the ...

This report provides an overview of the potential role that nature-based solutions (NBS) can play in ports. It aims to ...

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This study builds on the analysis on fiscal space for health in Uganda that was conducted by the World Bank in 2010. The ...

The Philippines economy posted robust growth in early 2010, in part due to large one-off factors. As did many countries in ...

This book represents an effort to present an easily accessible framework to readers, especially those for whom empowerment remains a puzzling development concern, conceptually and in application. The ...

Emerging markets have long been viewed as high-risk destinations for investment, particularly investments in companies.

An ongoing challenge in seizing and confiscating proceeds of crime, is establishing a link between a specific asset and a particular crime, the years it can take to get from investigation to ...

The World Bank and the IDB jointly developed the Amazonia Bond Issuance Guide¬lines (Guidelines) to provide guidance and suggestions for the issuance of capital market instruments to finance ...

The diagnostic and analysis presented in this report unveils a complex and challenging picture of Polish R&D capacity and its technological preparedness to engage and deliver green-innovation ...

The cost of desalination has been plummeting over the years. As a result, desalination has become a viable option for certain strategic uses. Today, over 20,000 desalination plants in more than 150 ...