Business Ready (B-READY) is a World Bank Group corporate flagship report that provides a quantitative assessment of the business and investment climate worldwide. It offers a comprehensive data set ...

The authors apply a Heckman selection model to the 2003 Investment Climate Survey (ICS) to investigate supply-side ...

This paper presents new data on the depth and penetration of mortgage markets across countries. There is a large variation across both dimensions of mortgage market development, across countries, but ...

This report presents a comprehensive overview of the information, communication and technological sector in China, and the role it has played during economic and social transformation in the past ...

The paper offers an overview of some key conceptual aspects associated with the rise of global value chains (GVCs). It outlines a series of alternative interpretations and definitions of what the rise ...

Gender-based violence (GBV) represents a critical barrier to development globally. As the most extreme manifestation of gender inequality and the most prevalent form of violence worldwide, its impacts ...

This paper examines the role of male-dominated international migration in shaping labor market outcomes by gender in migrant-sending households in Albania. Using detailed information on family ...

The report is a one stop shop for learning about key developments and prospects of existing and emerging carbon initiatives. There is a continued momentum for carbon pricing. As of 2017, over 40 ...

In many countries around the world, water scarcity could become a macroeconomically relevant concern. As a key input into production processes (agriculture, power generation, and industrial use) and a ...

This brief examines the potential for digital health to address some of these challenges to increase prevention knowledge and screening, connect individuals with the health system specifically at the ...

After several years of negative shocks, global growth is expected to hold steady in 2024 and then edge up in the next couple of years, in part aided by cautious monetary policy easing as inflation ...

Despite the importance of the public procurement market, little effort has been made to systematically and consistently collect reliable statistics on a number of critical dimensions. To date, no ...