State-owned financial institutions (SOFIs) are often associated with poor corporate governance, political interference, crowding out of private sector resources, higher non-performing loans (NPLs…

Gunhild Berg, Mario Guadamillas |

In Mozambique's fast-growing capital city, the World Bank is using anonymized cell phone data to help understand how people move around and improve the local transport system.

Fatima Arroyo Arroyo, Kaori Niina, Dunstan Matekenya, Ishan Khokar |

In a striking example, Albania has shown how the tourism sector can drive economic development. Following the country’s turbulent economic and political transition in the 1990s, tourism was…

Raha Shahidsaless, Fernando Blanco, Stefka Slavova, Laureta Qorlazja |

Learn more about the potential of the sovereign green, social and sustainability bond market to mobilize private capital.

Farah Imrana Hussain, Helena Dill, Banu Turhan Kayaalp |

The 4th World Bank Tax Conference exposed the magnitude of the challenge to build equitable tax systems via policies that improve compliance of the very wealthy. This blog highlights a summary of…

Pierre Bachas, Chiara Bronchi, Thiago Scot, Claudia Vargas |

The Mozambique Digital Acceleration Project will ensure that many more Mozambicans can get online and have the skills to confidently and safely use digital technologies.

Casey Torgusson, Idah Z. Pswarayi-Riddihough |

In this blog, we highlight two projects that leveraged data-driven policymaking processes and simulations.

Kerina Wang, KCP Program Management Unit (KCP PMU) |

Across African countries, Social Protection (SP) programs have steadily grown over the past two decades, and especially in response to COVID-19.

Samantha Zaldivar Chimal, Anna Machado |

Since 2017, Prime Minister Ana Brnabić of Serbia has prioritized digital transformation by providing human and financial resources to implement a far-reaching vision. She once said that her…

Marta Arsovska Tomovska |