Multidimensional Perspectives and Future Challenges
Drawing evidence from recent research, this book focuses on the political economy of inequality, social mobility, and climate change, to provide an important contribution to the research on inequality in Africa.
Strengthening Social Protection and Labor for a World in Transition
The State of Social Protection Report provides the most recent evidence of social protection in developing countries with the purpose of informing policy and monitor progress towards universal coverage. The objective of the report is to highlight the importance of social protection as a global priority to protect the poor and vulnerable.
Nature's Paradox is about the intersection of two major crises of the 21st century; the sustainability crisis and the social exclusion and inequality crisis. It explores the disproportionate impact that environmental decline is having on excluded populations, and presents solutions for bringing environmental justice to underrepresented ......
The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Firms in low- and middle-income countries have historically found it harder to access capital than their peers in richer economies. This report uses a new database on bond and equity issuance to show that gap is narrowing, with increased participation in capital markets leading to greater investment and job creation.
Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and prospects, with a special focus on emerging market and developing economies, on a semiannual basis (in January and June). Each edition includes analytical pieces on topical policy challenges faced by these economies.
Building Learning Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America has lost a century of growth due to its inability to learn: to identify, adapt, and implement new technologies emerging from the Second Industrial Revolution. Building learning economies will require increasing the demand for knowledge, facilitating new ideas, and supporting the ongoing process of experimentation.
Transforming the economic lives of people in extreme poverty and vulnerability is a persistent challenge and drives economic inclusion programs worldwide. This milestone report presents data and evidence from 219 economic inclusion programs in 75 countries reaching over 92 million people, assesses the evidence, and reveals new information on ......
Building Government Analytics Ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean
This report provides a conceptual framework to assess and provide guidance on the government analytics agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean, and how the region can harvest the benefits of GovTech investments.
Addressing Structural Inequalities to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Africa
This new report provides an up-to-date ""big picture"" on poverty and equity in the region. This is ecessary as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, interacting with subsequent global shocks, have compounded pre-existing challenges faced by the region, even as climate change and conflict pose systemic risks to poverty reduction.
