Public investment can be a powerful catalyst for private capital in Europe and Central Asia (ECA). Evidence shows that ...

Senegal is exposed to natural hazards including floods, droughts, coastal erosion, and land degradation which generate ...

Protected areas cover 17% of the world’s land surface, yet credible evidence on their long-run economic and ecological ...

Pursuing Poverty-Reducing Growth with more Impactful Fiscal Policy. Summer Edition, 2026. © World Bank. License: CC BY-NC ...

The report presents a comprehensive disaster risk assessment of school infrastructure in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Drawing on geospatial data, historical disaster records, education ...

This report presents the 2026 Economic Update for Burkina Faso and examines recent economic performance, poverty trends, and ...

This report examines the potential of seaweed biostimulants to improve plant and soil health while supporting sustainable agriculture. Derived from seaweed, biostimulants enhance nutrient uptake, ...

The Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report 2026 examines worldwide gas flaring trends and highlights a concerning rise in flaring activities. Global gas flaring increased to 167 billion cubic meters (bcm) ...

This report is the first to examine tourism in Africa comprehensively and regionally and the first to recommend practical, evidence-based measures enabling the sector s economic and development power.

“The World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives” underscored today’s unprecedented generation and flow of digital data and noted that much of the value remains untapped. To realize the ...

Vietnam has achieved great progress in both economic growth and poverty reduction; nevertheless, this economic growth is accompanied by an increase in resource use and other negative externalities, ...

Somalia’s natural and human geography is shaped by its harsh climate. Lying at the eastern extremity of the Sahel, Somalia has an arid to semi-arid climate. The country is in the midst of a prolonged ...