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…
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.
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…
Learn more about the potential of the sovereign green, social and sustainability bond market to mobilize private capital.
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…
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.
In this blog, we highlight two projects that leveraged data-driven policymaking processes and simulations.
Across African countries, Social Protection (SP) programs have steadily grown over the past two decades, and especially in response to COVID-19.
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…
Education technology is leveraging smartphones to reverse the pandemic-induced learning crisis.