This Factsheet provides an overview of the finance, competitiveness and innovation sector in Latvia according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the Justice sector in Latvia according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the gender sector in Latvia according to key performance indicators.
This Factsheet provides an overview of the tourism sector in Latvia according to key performance indicators.
This brief showcases the gender landscape in Latvia on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes...
In recent years, Latvia has made significant progress in reforming its higher education system. However, stakeholders are of the opinion that Latvia’s system of academic careers, which features two distinct...
Pēdējos gados Latvija ir guvusi ievērojamu progresu augstākās izglītības sistēmas reformā. Tomēr ieinteresētās puses uzskata, ka Latvijas akadēmiskās karjeras sistēma, kurā ir divi atšķirīgi mācīšanas...
All children should be able to read by age 10. Reading is a gateway for learning as the child progresses through school - and conversely, an inability to read constrains opportunities for further learning...
The Coronavirus (COVID 19) crisis led schools and universities to rapidly transition to a distance-learning mode, via the Internet, television or radio. Tava klase is a project in Latvia that provides...
Doing business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it. Doing business presents quantitative indicators on...
The Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia collaborated with the World Bank on a holistic review of the country's tax system, an input to the design of a new, improved tax strategy. The State Revenue...
Latvia introduced a nonfinancial defined contribution (NDC) scheme in 1996 as it transitioned to a market economy. Despite a 20 percent decline in the working-age population from 1994–2016, the ratio of...
Sixteenth in a series of annual reports comparing business regulation in 190 economies, Doing Business 2019 covers 11 areas of business regulation. Ten of these areas - starting a business, dealing with...
Focus on Performance - World Bank Support to Higher Education in Latvia. Volume 1: System-Level Funding Since 2013, the World Bank has supported the Latvian government through a succession of advisory...