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.
This report aims to introduce a novel way of positioning water as an engine for growth and equity by highlighting the deep associations between water and inclusive growth.
Public Institutions for Development, the first in a new series, analyzes private sector development through the lens of a critical but often overlooked challenge: the capacity of public institutions to implement their policy mandates effectively using a novel framework.
Women, Business and the Law (WBL) is a World Bank Group project measuring the laws and regulations that restrict women's economic opportunity. WBL informs research and policy discussions about the state of women's economic empowerment and emphasizes the work still to be done to ensure equality of opportunity for all.
Building Capabilities for Global Competition and Local Innovation
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) must act to prepare its large youth population for the digital age. This report advocates a dual-track strategy: ensuring universal digital literacy while also accelerating advanced digital skills development through coordinated action from governments, educational institutions, industry, and development organizations.
This new human capital report emphasizes that the places where people grow up, live, and work have a powerful impact on their health, learning, and job prospects. By focusing on homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces, it reveals untapped opportunities to improve lives, reduce poverty, and drive long-term economic progress.
Construyendo Ecosistemas Analiticos Gubernamentales En America Latina YEl Caribe
This Spanish translation of Data for Better Government provides a conceptual framework to assess and provide guidance on the government analytics agenda in Latin America and the Caribbean, and how the region can harvest the benefits of GovTech investments.
Incentivando O Uso De Dados Para Fortalecer a Administracao Publica
This Handbook presents frontier evidence and practitioner insights on how to leverage data to strengthen public administration. Covering a range of microdata sources as well as tools and resources for undertaking the analytics, the Handbook allows governments to take a data-informed approach to diagnose and improve how public organizations work.
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.
