Multidimensional Perspectives and Future Challenges
Drawing evidence from recent research, this book focuses on the political economy of inequality, social mobility, and climate change, to provide an important contribution to the research on inequality in Africa.
International Debt Report (IDR) is a longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statistics and analysis for the 122 low- and middle-income countries that report to the World Bank Debt Reporting System (DRS).
International Debt Report (IDR) is a longstanding annual publication of the World Bank featuring external debt statistics and analysis for 120 low- and middle-income countries and Guyana that report to the World Bank Debt Reporting System (DRS).
International Debt Statistics (IDS) 2015 is a continuation of the World Bank's Global Development Finance publication, Volume II (1997 through 2009) and the earlier World Debt Tables (1973 through 1996). IDS 2015 provides statistical tables showing the external debt of 128 developing countries that report public and publicly guaranteed external ......
This report puts the creation of more productive and better-paying jobs at the center of country growth strategies, presenting new data revealing how patterns of jobs and production vary across different stages of the development process. It aims to help practitioners prioritize policy areas around three pillars: production, people, and places.
The world economy is not what it used to be twenty years ago. For most of the 20th century, the world economy was characterised by developed (North) countries acting as 'center' to a 'periphery' of developing (South) countries. However, the recent rise of developing economies suggests the need to go beyond this North-South dichotomy. This tectonic ......
Entrepreneurship is a fundamental driver of growth, development, and job creation. While Latin America and the Caribbean has a wealth of entrepreneurs, firms in the region, compared to those in other regions, are small in size and less likely to grow or innovate. Productivity growth has remained lackluster for decades, including during the recent ......
Addressing Structural Inequalities to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Africa
This new report provides an up-to-date ""big picture"" on poverty and equity in the region. This is ecessary as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, interacting with subsequent global shocks, have compounded pre-existing challenges faced by the region, even as climate change and conflict pose systemic risks to poverty reduction.
