The results indicate that direct cash transfers and social assistance programs are generally effective in reducing poverty ...

Hazardous air pollution poses significant health and economic challenges for Nepal. Air pollution raises public health ...

This report provides an up-to-date overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments around the world, including ...

Recent improvements in survey methodologies have increased measured consumption in many low- and lower-middle-income ...

This paper studies the effect of a local sectoral productivity shock on subnational structural transformation. The analysis is based on regional input-output tables constructed for 2004 and 2013 and ...

Expanding affordable and quality childcare services and strengthening parental leaves can raise labor force participation, ...

The Yemen Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also ...

This paper investigates the impact of an export promotion policy consisting of ad-valorem subsidies for a set of targeted products, on the performance of Pakistani exports in the textile sector. The ...

Digitalization is the transformational opportunity of our time. The digital sector has become a powerhouse of innovation, economic growth, and job creation. Value added in the IT services sector grew ...

Multidimensional poverty measures can in theory make well-being comparisons that are less biased than those solely based on monetary poverty. However, global multidimensional poverty measures ...

This public finance review (PFR) for Kenya aims both to ensure that every tax shilling benefits the Kenyan taxpayer and to inform the development of a fiscal policy that fosters job creation, poverty ...