The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the COVID-19 pandemic, when mobility restrictions and health policies drove increased ...

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

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

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 ...

Liberia’s lack of effectiveness in handling judicial disputes has been consistently recognized as a weakness and one of the main obstacles to the country’s transition out of fragility. Liberia ...

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

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

This report outlines the development of a novel strategy for an intergovernmental transfer program known as performance-based incentives (PBIs). The Government of India initiated the Sub-National ...

This technical note outlines updated poverty trends in India, drawing on data from the 2022–23 and 2011–12 Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (CES) conducted by the National Sample Survey ...

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