The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the ...

Domestic Violence (DV) is a universal phenomenon that affects millions of women of all social strata worldwide. It is the most pervasive, common, under-recognized, underestimated and under-reported ...

Faster growth was driven by pro-investment reforms implemented in a period of high returns to investment and facilitated by public foundational infrastructure investment. Macroeconomic and structural ...

Progress toward this goal faces challenges due to limitations in the execution and allocation of the country's health budget.

This paper explores the existing body of research linking a higher proportion of women in business leadership—including on boards of directors and in senior management—to improve overall company ...

By combining two complementary approaches, the gravity model and the Bartik model, this paper estimates: (i) the ...

This paper uses a dynamic macro-micro framework to evaluate the potential distributional effects of the expansion of the Panama Canal. The results show that large macroeconomic effects are only likely ...

About the Series From its inception, the Disease Control Priorities series has focused attention on delivering efficacious health interventions that can result in dramatic reductions in mortality and ...

Building a skilled and diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is crucial for economic development, cross-border trade, and social inclusion in South Asia. However, ...

The Maldivian economy relies heavily on tourism and fisheries; the labor gap persists. This study seeks to understand these dynamics and propose concrete solutions to foster gender-equitable value ...

This report explores how scarce public resources can be used most effectively to achieve universal delivery of water supply and sanitation services. It analyzes the prevalence and performance of ...

Metropolitan areas drive economies, yet the same elements that contribute to economic growth, such as industrialization accompanied by migrant influx, result in overcrowding and poor housing and ...