Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean for the Energy Transition
The global transition to a net-zero economy is a significant moment of opportunity for regions around the world. Regions that successfully capitalize on ever-advancing technologies and growing consumer demand for green products will deliver meaningful benefits to their people and economies. In this report, the World Bank lays out how Latin ......
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.
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.
innovation, integration, agglomeration, and competition
A strong and widely acknowledged record of economic success3-including a three-and-a-half- fold increase in per capita income since 1994?places Rwanda among the world's fastest-growing economies. Traumatic memories of the 1994 genocide are gradually fading, as associations begin to take a more positive form-of a nation on the rise, powered by ......
Vol I: Analysis and Statistical Appendix is the World Bank's annual review of recent trends in and prospects for financial flows to developing countries. Vol II: Summary and Country Tables includes a comprehensive set of tables with statistical data for 138 countries that report debt under the World Bank Debtor Reporting System, as well as summary ......
The proliferation of regional trade agreements is fundamentally altering the world trade landscape. The number of agreements in force surpasses 200 and has risen eight-fold in two decades. Today, as much as 40 percent of global trade takes place among countries that have some form of reciprocal regional trade agreement. Global Economic Prospects ......
The outlook for the global economy has darkened. Global financing conditions have tightened, industrial production has moderated, trade tensions have intensified, and some large emerging market and developing economies have experienced significant financial market stress. Faced with these headwinds, the recovery in emerging market and developing ......
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.
