This paper develops an empirical model to predict episodes of debt servicing difficulties (“debt distress”) in low-income countries, with three main contributions to the existing literature. First, it ...

Cloud has become a practical entry point through which governments acquire modern digital capability. AI services, ...

This report, the 10th Ghana Economic Update (August 2026), assesses Ghana’s progress in restoring macroeconomic stability following the 2022–23 economic crisis and explores how transport sector ...

This report presents a comprehensive assessment of twenty years of implementation of South Africa’s Biodiversity Stewardship ...

This report examines the relationship between care responsibilities and female employment in the Western Balkans, ...

This note summarizes the findings, processes, concerns, and lessons learned from the Andhra Pradesh pilot. Countries in Africa spend significant amounts of their GDP on delivering health services ...

This evaluation assesses the World Bank Group’s support to prevent, detect, and prepare for future pandemics, covering over ...

This report highlights the socioeconomic contributions of the geothermal sector, including the potential opportunities and benefits that can be enhanced at national and local levels throughout ...

The Environmental and Social Framework (ESF), adopted in 2016, introduced a unified approach to managing environmental and ...

How can middle-income economies convert trade openness and productivity-enhancing reforms into higher real income and welfare? This paper develops a quantitative trade model with input-output linkages ...

This paper proposes a replicable regulatory and financial framework to achieve universal electricity access as a core component of a just energy transition in Sub-Saharan Africa. It argues that ...

The Ethiopia Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) aims to support Ethiopia’s plans to achieve its development goals within the context of a changing climate. By quantifying the likely ...