The tourism and hospitality sector are a key driver of Sub-Saharan Africa’s economic growth, and a major source of foreign reserves and jobs: the sector has the potential to add 168 billion dollars in ...

With the rapidly growing population, 5 percent annual growth is needed simply to keep the number of poor from rising. Halving severe poverty by 2015 will require annual growth of more than 7 ...

This paper estimates the magnitude of labor market scarring in a developing economy, a setting that has been understudied by the labor scarring literature dominated by advanced economies. The paper ...

The Caribbean region faces a growing youth employment challenge, as outdated infrastructure and limited digital skills continue to constrain economic opportunities and resilience. For much of the last ...

This report assesses the state and performance of the justice system of South Sudan through the JUPITER methodology. JUPITER uses qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate both de jure and de ...

This paper examines the direct and spillover effects of cash transfers paid in a rural and low-income setting. In the short run, an unconditional cash transfer program for ultra-poor households in ...

Georgia has made impressive economic progress over the past two decades, achieving strong and resilient economic growth and development despite numerous external and domestic shocks. This Fiscal ...

This report is intended to support the government of Sierra Leone in the development of a risk management action plan and for disaster risk financing investments. It was compiled with extensive ...

This report presents the findings of the primary health care (PHC) system in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), an assessment that the World Bank conducted in consultation with the ...

This report summarized the findings from the implementation of the GEPD in Edo State, Nigeria. The GEPD is a tool designed to measure the drivers of learning outcomes in basic education globally. By ...