Edutainment has potential to drive large-scale behavior change, yet its effectiveness in addressing violence against women and children remains an emerging field of study. This review summarizes ...

The effects of climate change are disproportionately concentrated in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Firms have incentives to adapt to climate change, but market frictions common in ...

We draw comparisons with international findings as we review empirical evidence on the impacts of migration on rural migrant-sending communities. We begin by examining how institutional factors, ...

Narrative Review of Recent Causal Evidence, The World Bank Research Observer, Volume 41, Issue 1, February 2026, Pages ...

Viet Nam has embarked on a major reform push, the first since the Doi Moi wave in the mid-1980s. In addition to significant ...

The Public Finance Review (PFR) for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) aims to support policymakers in strengthening medium-term fiscal frameworks and aligning fiscal policy with sustainable and inclusive ...

Malaysia is approaching the status of a high-income economy in the next few years. There is a regional dimension to this inequality, with most people below the threshold concentrated in lagging states ...

Across low- and middle-income countries, tourism is increasingly seen as a powerful driver for economic growth, job creation, ...

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This PEIR was developed as a key tool to support Viet Nam in unlocking the full potential of its marine economy. It provides a comprehensive analysis of how public resources are allocated and spent ...

Aanchal Bagga, Marcus Holmlund, Nausheen Khan, Subha Mani, Eric Mvukiyehe, Patrick Premand, Do Public Works Programs Have Sustained Impacts? A Review of Experimental Studies from LMICs, The World Bank ...

This evaluation assesses the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) support to Tajikistan over 2015-2024 ...