Food insecurity is proving to be an intransigent problem. This book examines how transport and logistics impact food security in Africa. Using a modeling approach, the report identifies weaknesses and opportunities for improvement along the entire food supply chain.
taking on distributional tensions in Europe and Central Asia
This report identifies and provides a detailed assessment of inequality between generations, workers, regions that are fueling perceptions of unfairness and eroding the social contract. It illustrates how current policies and institutions are not equipped to deal with these distributional tensions.
Igniting Productivity Growth in Europe and Central Asia
Europe and Central Asia's growth has slowed due to productivity losses from misallocation and stalled reforms. The TIDES agenda - Trade, Investment, Digital, Efficiency, Skills - offers a path to reallocate resources, boost technology, deepen integration, and create better jobs.
The World Bank Group (also known as the 'Bank Group') is the largest anti-poverty institution in the world, offering loans, advice, knowledge, and an array of customised resources to more than 100 developing countries and countries in transition. Established in 1944 and headquartered in Washington DC, the Bank Group is a specialised agency of the ......
economic mobility across generations around the world
The WEB of Transport Corridors in South Asia develops a holistic appraisal methodology to ensure that economic benefits of investments in transport corridors are amplified and more widely spread, and possible negative impacts such as congestion, environmental degradation, and other unintended consequences are minimized. It focuses on South Asia ......
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 ......
Bangladesh is committed to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) by 2032; to this end, the government of Bangladesh is exploring policy options to increase fiscal space for health and expand coverage while improving service quality and availability. Despite Bangladesh's impressive strides in improving its economic and social development ......
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.
