Global Value Chains (GVC) are significant vehicles of job creation, carrying a share of 60 percent of global trade that employs around 17 million people worldwide. This note highlights evidence of the...
Tajikistan’s economy is not creating sufficient jobs for its rapidly growing workforce, in particular its burgeoning youth population. As a result, its most valuable asset – human capital – is largely...
Tajikistan’s economy is not creating sufficient jobs for its rapidly growing workforce, in particular its burgeoning youth population. As a result, its most valuable asset – human capital – is largely...
Real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 6.7 percent in 2013, a modest deceleration from the 7 percent recorded in the previous year, but well above the average 4.9 percent rate of growth recorded...
Real gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 6.7 percent in 2013, a modest deceleration from the 7 percent recorded in the previous year, but well above the average 4.9 percent rate of growth recorded...
Justice and the rule of law are regularly cited as fundamental to addressing so many development challenges: poor investment climate, conflict and insecurity, gender inequality, poverty, and low human...
Data is essential to inform decisions aimed at reducing disaster risk. In the Caribbean, considered one of the most vulnerable regions in the world, governments face two fundamental decisions when it comes...
Data is essential to inform decisions aimed at reducing disaster risk. In the Caribbean, considered one of the most vulnerable regions in the world, governments face two fundamental decisions when it comes...
This brief focuses on the recent change in government in Egypt, five countries in the Middle East and North Africa Region, including Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan and Iran are facing a growth slowdown...
This brief focuses on the recent change in government in Egypt, five countries in the Middle East and North Africa Region, including Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan and Iran are facing a growth slowdown...
This brief focuses on the recent change in government in Egypt, five countries in the Middle East and North Africa Region, including Egypt, Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan and Iran are facing a growth slowdown...
"Central America and Caribbean protection of youth vulnerable to violence and conflict" was a year-long knowledge exchange project supported by the World Bank's Rapid Social Response (RSR) trust fund (February...
At the African union summit in Sirte in 2009, African leaders reiterated the need to allocate at least 3 percent of their national budgets to livestock. But inadequate data to demonstrate quantitatively...
At the African union summit in Sirte in 2009, African leaders reiterated the need to allocate at least 3 percent of their national budgets to livestock. But inadequate data to demonstrate quantitatively...
This Market Intelligence Note presents the findings of a 2011 field study documenting the availability of rechargeable batteries in various regions of five African countries. The intention is to inform...
This note summarizes findings from an analysis of Vanuatu national leasing data drawn from the Vanuatu department of lands databases for the period of 1980-2010. It provides a preliminary indication of...
Indonesia's civil service pension program and endowment savings program Tunjangan Hari Tua (THT) are stand-alone retirement programs, distinct from retirement income programs covering other segments of...
Indonesia's civil service pension program and endowment savings program Tunjangan Hari Tua (THT) are stand-alone retirement programs, distinct from retirement income programs covering other segments of...
South Sudan's current macroeconomic performance is being significantly affected by the closure of oil production. In this context, understanding the dynamics of last year's sharp price increases appears...
Tanzania's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the last 12 years has been extremely strong, averaging close to 7 percent annually. This rate is high, but still lower than that of successful emerging...