This book is about implementation of poverty alleviation policy in recent times. It follows one poverty alleviation policy called Swaran Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana initiated in 1997, through three large cities: Mumbai, Delhi and Kochi. There are specific reasons why this policy was chosen. It reflects the dominant paradigm in strategy in recent ......
Governments can boost climate resilience by expanding access to information, promoting insurance, and investing in infrastructure. In South Asia, these actions are key to protecting people. Given limited public resources, the private sector will be key to driving solutions. The book lays out a policy roadmap to help unlock impact.
How Governments Can Promote Early Childhood Development in the Middle East and North Africa
The report documents the extent to which governments in the Middle East and North Africa currently support children?s healthy physical growth, social-emotional and mental health, and early learning, and mitigate the potential for permanent harm that arises from poverty, maltreatment, and conflict.
Africa's growing youth population presents an untapped migration potential, but challenges like low economic growth, conflict, and climate change persist.
Taxes, Benefits, and Incentives in Latin America and the Caribbean
This report aims to deepen our understanding of informality of work and employment outcomes in Latin American and Caribbean labor markets, focusing on the interplay between personal income taxation, social protection policies, and consequently firm and workers' incentives to (in)formalize agreements.
Rethinking Food and Nutrition Security in the Middle East and North Africa
The report informs the policy dialogue and World Bank engagement on food and nutrition security in Middle East and North Africa through food system transformation at a critical economic and geopolitical juncture in the region.
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.
Competition is a core element of economic growth, but empirical evidence on how competition affects productivity in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region is limited. This study fills this gap with state-of-the-art empirical research, drawing on firm surveys in the formal sector and novel domestic competition enforcement datasets.
When should a country whose goal is economic development pursue industrial policy, and if so, how? The report examines the economic rationales, prerequisite market conditions, and institutional capacity that underpin successful industrial policy implementation.
