This publication explores strategies to enhance energy efficiency, driving growth and securing energy resources for sustainable development.

Oil, Gas, and Mining: A Sourcebook for Understanding the Extractive Industries provides developing countries with a technical understanding and practical options around oil, gas, and mining sector ...

In his speech, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga highlights a critical juncture for global development, marked by persistent challenges and a demographic surge in emerging markets. He emphasizes ...

By the middle of the 21st century, Africa is poised to play a defining role in global development, with its rapidly growing population, abundant natural resources, and expanding cities. Ajay Banga, in ...

Nigeria has the potential to become an economic powerhouse. Its large and growing population and its regional trade ties ...

This paper studies the impact of central bank independence on sovereign borrowing, using an index that captures institutional constraints on central bank lending to the government across 155 countries ...

The aim of this report is to provide region-and country-specific evidence on the links between food systems and obesity in South Asia to support effective government policies and actions to reduce the ...

Pakistan can realize major economic growth and development by investing in its people and their human capital. But the reality is that Pakistan’s human capital is low and has improved only marginally ...

Though the development, articulation, and systematization of indigenous knowledge in Africa are most often seen as issues of culture and local epistemology, they have at the same time critical ...

The Country Program Evaluation (CPE) will assess the performance of the World Bank Group’s support to the Arab Republic of Egypt from FY 2015 to FY25. The evaluation will focus on the relevance, ...

Package 1 seeks to strengthen the enabling environment for the private sector, while Package 2 acknowledges the importance of ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a form of gender discrimination and is one of the leading causes of human rights violations in ...