This is a statement by Abdulhamid Alkhalifa at the 110th meeting of the Development Committee held on October 25, 2024. At a time when the world faces multiple, overlapping crises, climate change, economic...
Air pollution is a major environmental and public health challenge that affects millions of people around the world. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), air pollution causes more than seven...
This paper delves into the subnational relationship between free trade agreements (FTAs) and human development worldwide. Utilizing a difference-in-differences and an event-study approach with high-spatial-resolution...
The document collection focuses on the construction of a consumption aggregate for poverty analysis, as well as the relationship between inequality and economic development. It delves into the methods...
Gender-unequal norms in the AFE region impact women and girls more than men and boys. Patriarchal norms in multiple countries, and among sub-groups within countries, contribute to the persistence of gender-unequal...
The 2018 North Macedonia SCD evaluated the country’s economic development and recognized its impressive progress in reducing poverty and advancing shared prosperity. Between 2002 and 2018, income per capita...
In many countries, large differences in poverty persist at the subnational level. In addition, global challenges such as climate change, fragility, economic crises, and food insecurity are often trans-border...
Employment segregation - the unequal distribution of female and male workers across and within jobtypes—is often at the heart of gender gaps in job quality, wage and employment trajectories. Employment...
This paper estimates the distributional effects of five carbon pricing mechanisms aimed at reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by linking a general equilibrium model with a global microsimulation...
Ethiopia has made remarkable economic progress over the past decade, achieving high gross domestic product (GDP) growth, and dramatically reducing poverty. Despite this success, current gender gaps show...
Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are vital to the economic and social prosperity of countries. Yet, women and girls continue to be underrepresented in STEM careers, although there...
Thailand’s social protection system faces significant challenges stemming from a slowing economy, inequality, rapid aging, the changing nature of work, and a highly informal workforce. At the same time...
El Salvador has a long history of political and social challenges, including a 12-year civil war that ended in 1992. The country has struggled with high levels of crime, poverty, and inequality, which...
Montenegro’s income inequality, though recently on a decline, is still relatively high when compared to European Union (EU) countries. Income inequality partly reflects inequality of opportunity, that...
The Country Partnership Framework (CPF) outlines the proposed engagement between the Plurinational State of Bolivia and the World Bank for FY23-26. The previous CPF covered FY16-20, and a Performance and...
Strong agriculture and services output resulted in higher-than-expected GDP growth estimated at 6.4 percent in FY22. But growth remains lower than pre-COVID-19 levels and the economy remains vulnerable...
Vietnam is a country on the move and in transition. Indicators are pointing in the right direction, with many positive economic and social developments. The amount of progress that Vietnam has achieved...
Vietnam is a country on the move and in transition. Indicators are pointing in the right direction, with many positive economic and social developments. The amount of progress that Vietnam has achieved...