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

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

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

The objective of this guidance note: public expenditure review from the perspective of the water supply and sanitation sector is to provide World Bank staff with a body of knowledge and good practice ...

By 2050, the world is expected to generate 3.40 billion tons of waste annually, increasing drastically from today’s 2.01 billion tons. What a Waste 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to ...

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

Until the beginning of this century, the GATT/WTO system worked. Economic research provided a compelling explanation. It showed that if governments maximize the well-being of their own countries ...

Extreme heat is becoming one of the most lethal and underestimated threats to cities in Europe and Central Asia, exacerbating health risks, undermining productivity, and pushing infrastructure to its ...

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 ...