Are firms adapting to climate change? This paper studies this question by combining geocoded World Bank Enterprise Survey data with spatially granular weather data to estimate temperature response ...

This study revisits Pakistan’s level of urbanization using satellite imagery and the Degree of Urbanization methodology. While official statistics report that 39 percent of the population resides in ...

This paper synthesizes recent evidence on refugee self-reliance in low- and middle-income countries, clarifying definitions, ...

School-related gender-based violence remains widespread in low- and middle-income countries, yet rigorous evidence on effective prevention strategies is limited. This study evaluates the Empowerment ...

This note presents the 10th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of October 2025 ...

A randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh and Nepal tested whether providing cash within days of a flood leads to greater benefits than delivering the same assistance months later—or if it simply ...

Business Ready (B-READY) is a new World Bank Group corporate flagship report that evaluates the business and investment climate worldwide. It replaces and improves upon the Doing Business project.

Quotas, which expand opportunities, can effectively increase women’s descriptive representation when properly designed and ...

The conflict in the Middle East—the latest of an extraordinary series of shocks in recent years—has heightened geopolitical ...

This Public Finance Review proposes policies aimed at supporting Serbia’s path toward EU membership and high income status.

The Country Opinion Survey in Bolivia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Bolivia ...

Zambia is simultaneously amongst the poorest and the most unequal countries in the world. In 2022, 64.3 percent of the population - about 12.6 million individuals - was living on less than US$2.15 a ...