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

This background note provides more detail on the key findings for the health sector from the forthcoming World Bank 2025 ...

Digital business training offers flexibility and scalability, but translating these features into tangible benefits for women ...

Estimating the macroeconomic implications of climate change impacts and adaptation options is a topic of intense research.

This report provides an overview of the potential role that nature-based solutions (NBS) can play in ports. It aims to illustrate how NBS can be effectively integrated into port planning, design, and ...

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The paper then examines what has been learned to date from the experience with CCTs in the South and raises a series of questions concerning the relevance and replicability of these lessons in ...

One defining feature of financial crises, evident in U.S. and international data, is asymmetric bank distress—concentrated losses on a subset of banks. This paper proposes a model in which shocks to ...

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, ...

This paper highlights the successes and challenges of international mental health innovations, providing a roadmap for ...

In 2022 and 2023, food price inflation reached or exceeded 10 percent in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, ...