Despite substantial offshore tax evasion, Argentines disclosed assets worth 21 percent of GDP under a tax amnesty in 2016. This paper studies how enforcement initiatives impact individuals' tax behavior...
The objective of this paper is to better understand the evolution and institutional roots of Hong Kong’s growing economic inequality and political cleavages. By combining multiple sources of data (household...
Consistent with rising poverty rates, inequality within countries in the region has widened with rising fuel and food prices exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. The economic divide between the rich and...
The objective of the Inclusive Livelihoods for Poor Rural Communities in Eastern Indonesia Project is to Increased access to livelihoods opportunities for populations vulnerable to poverty and food insecurity...
Vietnam has demonstrated great and almost unrivaled development success over the past few decades as evidenced by a variety of measures, including national income, poverty reduction, and access to services...
A year and half into the pandemic, employment had not recovered yet to pre-pandemic levels, with women and the population without higher education finding it harder to get back into employment. Women and...
The technical guide distinguishes the automated risk analysis from the general verification of the AID, which is a comprehensive legal procedure carried out by the staff of the verification agency. The...
In Tirana, Albania in May 2019 the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD’s) support for improvement in governance and management (SIGMA) program collaborated on...
StAR—the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative—is a partnership between the World Bank Group and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) that supports international efforts to end safe havens for...
On May 26, 2017, the World Bank received a written request from the Auditor General of Ghana for technical and advisory assistance to improve effectiveness of the asset disclosure (AD) system as an important...