Despite significant progress in reducing poverty, the Philippines continues to face high inequality, which stayed elevated in the early 2000s as the economy grew. Although inequality has gradually ...

This report provides an overview of the potential role that nature-based solutions (NBS) can play in ports. It aims to ...

The Philippines economy posted robust growth in early 2010, in part due to large one-off factors. As did many countries in ...

This study builds on the analysis on fiscal space for health in Uganda that was conducted by the World Bank in 2010. The ...

Emerging markets have long been viewed as high-risk destinations for investment, particularly investments in companies.

Economic Update offers a comprehensive evaluation of the country’s economy, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for sustainable growth, macro-fiscal stability, and development in the face of ...

When leaders face political economy constraints, is it best to delay all decarbonization initiatives until a sectorally ...

The steep decline in the world oil price in the last quarter of 2014 slashed fuel price subsidies. Several governments ...

The Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) identifies ways that Cameroon can achieve its overall development ...

For programs to be responsive to the specific spatial contexts, growth drivers, constraints to economic activity, and the economic potential of cities in India’s complex city system, which comprises ...

At the heart of the growth problem, the persistence of poverty, and issues of policy reform in Zambia is the public sector ...

Sri Lanka is emerging from the recent economic crisis with a renewed focus on sustainable growth and resilience. Following a series of policy reforms and successful debt restructuring, the economy has ...