The number of Pix transactions and users of non-robbed private branch-based banks and digital institutions increases after a bank robbery in the municipality.

Lucas A. Mariani, José Renato H. Ornelas, Bernardo Ricca |

In advance of the next meeting of the Sovereign Debt Roundtable on April 12, I want to provide a quick update on recent developments and reiterate my call for prompt action toward debt…

David Malpass |

The financial education program had no effect on long-run bank account ownership, but a high percentage of students (85 percent) have a bank account after graduating high school

Miriam Bruhn, Gabriel Garber, Sérgio Mikio Koyama, Bilal Zia |

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in August 2022 on various topics, including COVID-19…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |

A new WIDER and World Bank working paper draws on findings from both tax administrative and survey data providing insights on how formal firms in Zambia recovered from COVID-19 after the…

Aliisa Koivisto, Christopher Hoy, Laban Simbeye, Muhammad Malik, Mashekwa Maboshe |

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group that were published in the World Bank’s Policy Research Working Paper Series. This entry…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |

In an upcoming publication “An Economic Memorandum for the Brazilian Amazon” we introduce the concept of a model-based KPI. The key idea here is that outcome and performance are not the same.…

Fiona Stewart, Bryan Gurhy, Marek Hanusch, Dieter Wang |

The rapidly growing availability of geospatial data paves the way for better evaluation of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance and ultimately, better informed ESG investing.

Dieter Wang, Bryan Gurhy, David Patterson |

Last summer, catastrophic flooding inundated parts of Europe and governments will bear much of the cost. Insurance instruments could help to close the financing gap posed by natural disasters.

Jean Pesme, Samantha Cook, Tatiana Skalon |