Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, including those in the CEMAC (Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa) region are endowed with abundant natural resources that hold significant…

Djeneba Doumbia, Joana Monteiro da Mota |

The emergence of GVCs has only intensified the debate about globalization and inequality. How does GVC participation contribute to wage inequality within nations?

Piotr Lewandowski, Karol Madoń, Deborah Winkler |

As Mexico’s exports rise, more workers get formal employment, which offers benefits and job security.

Israel Osorio Rodarte, Eugenia Suarez Moran, Marlon Amorim |

Booming exports of goods including transport equipment, machinery, and electrical equipment have helped draw more Mexican workers into formal employment, providing them with pensions and job…

Deborah Winkler, Emmanuel Jose Vazquez |

The widespread availability of free geospatial data has accelerated interest in data fusion. While village-level welfare estimates are key to the design and evaluation of anti-poverty programs,…

Melany Gualavisi, David Newhouse |

A tumultuous year of deep uncertainty brought on by multiple overlapping crises in which South Asia was hit by a series of unprecedented shocks. Here's a look back at 2022 in 10 blogs.

Adnan Siddiqi |

This World Bank working paper shows that integrating survey and geospatial data significantly improves survey estimates, in terms of precision and accuracy, of monetary poverty rates in Mexican…

David Newhouse, Joshua Merfeld, Anusha Ramakrishnan, Tom Swartz, Partha Lahiri |

For South Asia to reach its full economic potential, it must explore untapped opportunities.

Hans Timmer |

Nepal's economy is expected to grow by 3.7 percent in the current fiscal year and 4.1 percent in FY2022/23, led by a recovery of the services sector amid high COVID-19 vaccination rates.

Faris Hadad-Zervos |

As the gusts of the COVID-19 pandemic quieten, South Asian economies, left fragile and uneven in their recovery, are facing renewed headwinds: high inflation, rising fiscal deficits, and…

Zoe Leiyu Xie, Xiao'ou Zhu |