This report introduces the Bangkok Blueprint for Fraud-Resilient Financial Services, launched during the 2026 IMF–WBG Annual ...

This report presents baseline findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating such a program for Syrian refugees and ...

This study, carried out by the World Bank (WB) in partnership with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Caribbean ...

Jobs are the primary driver of movements into and out of poverty, yet which kinds of employment transitions are most closely ...

This brief examines how tax policy and tax administration shape firms’ experience with the tax system, drawing on firm-level ...

Yemen’s fisheries are a vital economic and social asset, supporting coastal livelihoods, providing food security, and ...

This Technical Note evaluates the contribution of Morocco’s blue economy to its economic, environmental, and social development. It draws on four analytical workstreams: estimating the blue economy’s ...

This paper examines the role of competition as a catalyst for the adoption and usage of digital financial services and financial inclusion in developing economies. While foundational regulatory ...

This brief uses the administrative database of Pakistan’s largest online job platform and an online COVID-19 survey to examine the gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor markets and other ...

Thailand is undergoing one of the most rapid demographic transitions in the world and is on track to become a “super-aged” society—with more than 20 percent of its population over 65—by 2033. The ...

Higher oil prices resulting from the conflict in the Middle East have improved the current account balance and fiscal ...

While Nepal maintained overall macroeconomic stability, the flood caused widespread loss of life, extensive infrastructure ...