Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln is programme director of the macroeconomics and growth programme at the CEPR, chairwoman of the Review of Economic Studies, and elected fellow of the Econometric Society. She ...

The QEDS SDDS database, jointly developed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, are in-line with the classifications and definitions of the 2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for ...

Ineffective policies can persist, while potentially effective policies are often not adopted. The World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law explores why some policies fail to achieve ...

This series of four policy notes provides a snapshot of health and nutrition in Lao PDR, with each note respectively focusing on government health spending, maternal and child expenditure, health care ...

With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable ...

With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable ...

Today, an estimated 250 million children around the world are unable to read and write, even after spending three or more years in school. Improving learning outcomes requires strategic reforms and ...

The World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are deepening their cooperation through an enhanced framework to help countries scale up action to confront the threat of climate ...

An increasing number of the poor live in fragile and conflict-affected countries, and there is new evidence that the trade patterns of those countries could affect their plight. Increases in the ...

Nestled at the crossroads between Europe and Central Asia, Azerbaijan is a resource-rich country that has achieved impressive economic growth over the past decade, thanks in great part to its highly ...

1 in 10 people in the world live under $1.90 a day, and half of the extreme poor live in Sub-Saharan Africa Global extreme poverty continues to fall rapidly. In 2013, the year for which the most ...

The East Asia and Pacific region remains one of the fastest growing and most dynamic regions in the world. Over the past two decades, most countries in the region have achieved strong and stable ...