It supports countries in addressing the implications of the demographic process through analytical work, technical advice, ...

This study examines the role of multinational firms and global value chain linkages in the cross-country diffusion of ...

Teach Primary (Teach) is a classroom observation tool developed by the World Bank that has been used in over 30 middle income countries across the world. It captures the quality of teaching practices ...

Providing care for older parents or parents-in-law significantly reduces the probability of employment and annual earnings, ...

The Syrian Civil War in 2011 led to a substantial influx of refugees into Jordan, with more than 660,000 Syrians arriving by ...

Gender gaps in access to, and use of health and long-term care services affect both women and men, albeit differently. While male mortality due to key non-communicable diseases (NCDs), particularly in ...

This compendium is a compilation of 18 chapters, each exploring a different but related topic in the nexus of NCDs, human capital, and productivity. It is based on a series of analytical work taken ...

Well-designed, high integrity carbon markets can play a pivotal role in financing climate action in developing countries. However, several critical bottlenecks impede the growth of these markets. The ...

It is important to define an operational framework for addressing NCDs in low- and middle-income countries. The healthy longevity framework visualizes three main channels through which NCDs may ...

At least two-thirds of the global extreme poor will be living in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) by 2030. Geographies dominated by latent, manifest, and escalating violent conflict ...

An important investment, the sustainable use of groundwater for irrigation, has the potential to increase agricultural ...

This paper characterizes economically optimal investments in Africa’s road network in partial and general equilibrium —based ...