This study revisits Pakistan’s level of urbanization using satellite imagery and the Degree of Urbanization methodology. While official statistics report that 39 percent of the population resides in ...

This paper synthesizes recent evidence on refugee self-reliance in low- and middle-income countries, clarifying definitions, ...

School-related gender-based violence remains widespread in low- and middle-income countries, yet rigorous evidence on effective prevention strategies is limited. This study evaluates the Empowerment ...

This note presents the 10th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of October 2025 ...

A randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh and Nepal tested whether providing cash within days of a flood leads to greater benefits than delivering the same assistance months later—or if it simply ...

Quotas, which expand opportunities, can effectively increase women’s descriptive representation when properly designed and ...

The conflict in the Middle East—the latest of an extraordinary series of shocks in recent years—has heightened geopolitical ...

This Public Finance Review proposes policies aimed at supporting Serbia’s path toward EU membership and high income status.

The Country Opinion Survey in Bolivia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Bolivia ...

Zambia is simultaneously amongst the poorest and the most unequal countries in the world. In 2022, 64.3 percent of the population - about 12.6 million individuals - was living on less than US$2.15 a ...

Since its inception in 2008, the Development Policy Financing (DPF) with a Catastrophe Deferred Drawdown Option (Cat DDO) instrument has seen significant expansion across all regions, channeling ...

It is necessary to unlock large pools of private capital and attract foreign investment to drive low-carbon transition.