Nature-based solutions (NBS) can help countries facing complex climate-related challenges to address disaster risks while ...

This paper provides a novel global estimate of poverty due to disasters, showing that 25.6 million people are at risk of ...

In many low- and middle-income countries, the missing jobs problem is typically framed as a shortfall in labor demand. Yet ...

Acknowledging that bringing together two highly complex, broad, and even contested concepts— resilience and FCV—is an intimidating undertaking, this study approached the task at hand with a great deal ...

North Macedonia is undergoing a rapid demographic transition characterized by population ageing and a sharp rise in long-term ...

Industrial policy—the range of policy tools governments use to shape what an economy produces, rather than leaving it to ...

This Brief explores how childcare responsibilities shape women’s entrepreneurial choices and business growth, drawing on data ...

The Country Opinion Survey in Saint Lucia assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in ...

The Country Opinion Survey in Grenada assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Grenada ...

This paper studies job preferences among women in rural and peri-urban areas in El Salvador using a discrete choice ...

Across many countries, young adults face a persistent skills mismatch, with firms reporting difficulty finding candidates with adequate soft skills. In Rwanda, young women face particularly acute ...