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This publication aims to document recent trends – and strategic implications – with regards to the development of social registries and supporting digital information systems in the West and Central Africa...

WFP is a leader in promoting sovereign insurance products that can offer rapid finance to affected communities in the event of major disaster. By connecting climate and disaster risk financing...

Malaysia's economic growth has moderated to 2.9% in Q2 2023, down from 5.6% in Q1 2023, amidst subdued external demand and a global technology downcycle. The...

Highlights: The CPIA is an annual diagnostic tool for countries eligible for financing from the International Development Association (IDA), the part of the World Bank that helps the world’s poorest countries. The...

Highlights: The spillovers from the war on Ukraine weighed on the most vulnerable. Data from the 2020 household survey show that poor households spend 65 percent of their income on...

Human capital, which encompasses knowledge, skills, health, and nutrition, is a significant determinant of long-term economic growth and social advancement. Human capital drives economic growth...

Key findings: Internal displacement broke new records in 2022 71.1 million people were living in internal displacement worldwide at the end of 2022, a...

Chapter 4 focuses more specifically on agriculture and climate shocks Key messages for this chapter are as follows: The last decade witnessed a dramatic decline in...

The objective of this report is to update the Government of The Gambia, think-tanks and researchers, the public, and the World Bank’s senior management on the state of the Gambian economy and its outlook, together with the structural reforms...

There has been a marked surge in the prices of selected food items. The sharp increase in food items such as poultry and vegetables was driven by a...