Women, Business and the Law (WBL) is a World Bank Group project measuring the laws and regulation...

The book examines how South Asia can best adapt to climate change. The region's governments are u...

World Development Report 2025 argues that setting and enforcing standards across the economy, soc...

International Debt Report (IDR) is a longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring ...

DCP4 Volume 2 provides practical guidance for countries to prevent, prepare for, and respond to p...

The report informs the policy dialogue and World Bank engagement on food and nutrition security i...

Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic dev...

After more than three decades of average annual growth close to 10 percent, China's economy is tr...

Services will be central to the transition of East Asia and Pacific to a high-income region. This...

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered the most pronounced setback in the fight against global pover...

International Debt Report (IDR) is a longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring ...

This report provides analysis and tools to guide policymakers in developing countries on key issu...

The State of Social Protection Report provides the most recent evidence of social protection in d...

Business Ready (B-READY) is a new World Bank Group corporate flagship report that evaluates the b...

Recent technological advances, particularly in microelectronics and telecommunications, biotechno...

One global issue at the forefront of World Bank Group work this year and beyond is the forced dis...

Uses maps, charts and analysis to illustrate, trends, challenges and measurement issues related t...

Published semiannually, this report includes analysis of topical policy challenges faced by devel...

Global growth prospects have deteriorated in 2016. Emerging market and developing economies are f...

The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World...

Earthquakes, droughts, floods, and storms are natural hazards, but unnatural disasters are the de...

The State of Social Safety Nets 2018 Report examines global trends in the social safety net socia...

This Policy Research Report on The Internationalization of Crime, Conflict, and Violence offers a...

Enabling the Business of Agriculture 2016: Comparing Regulatory Good Practices provides a tool fo...

A World Bank Group Flagship Report. Published semiannually, the report includes analysis of topic...

Provides comprehensive data and empirical analysis of migration patterns and their impact, and ar...

Examines laws affecting women's economic inclusion in 189 economies worldwide, tracking progress ...

Policymakers across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have long tried to integrate their pe...

Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report. Published semiannually, the repo...

South Asia has created nearly 800,000 jobs per month during the last decade. Robust economic grow...

This year's edition of International Debt Statistics, successor to Global Development Finance and...

Published semiannually, this World Bank Group Flagship Report report includes analysis of topical...

Countries exiting conflict and fragility face many urgent priorities and almost invariably suffer...

Global Development Finance 2011: External Debt of Developing Countries is a continuation of the W...

This handy pocket guide provides data for more than 20 key indicators on the business environment...

Sheds light on challenges in building a data system and provides actionable direction on how to n...

Doing Business 2020 is the 17th in a series of annual studies investigating the regulations that ...

International Debt Statistics (IDS) is a longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featur...

Brings to bear new evidence on the debate on the benefits and costs of international banks, parti...

The Atlas is built around the World Bank's compilation of statistics from over 200 economies abou...

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have always mattered in agriculture. Each module...

Remittances remain a key source of funds for developing countries, far exceeding official develop...

Explores the need for China to transition its health care delivery system toward people-centred, ...

Romania's living standards are converging with those of the European Union, but the country still...

Aimed at senior policy makers and development practitioners, this report is organized into three ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo Urbanization Review develops a diagnostic of the current situati...

The World Bank Group is currently engaged in reflection and debate on how to improve the delivery...

One of a series of pocket-sized books that provide a quick reference to development data on diffe...