In recent years, governments in the Sahel have offered integrated productive inclusion interventions to support extreme poor households’ economic activities and encourage diversification.

Thomas Bossuroy, Patrick Premand |

The management of State-Owned Enterprise (SOEs) performance may be one of the most important factors for some economies coming out of the COVID-19 crisis.

Jim Brumby, Nilgün Gökgür |

Productivity-enhancing technologies are vital to raising national income and reducing poverty. However, some new technologies are labor-saving and reduce the need for workers in some production…

Gene Kindberg-Hanlon |

Mobile government (mGov) offers developing countries several benefits for their citizens including financial inclusion, wider access to services and improved government social accountability.

Khuram Farooq, Peter Kustor |

The massive macro-financial shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has precipitated an unprecedented global recession and put the financial sector under strain.

Erik Feyen, Tatiana Alonso Gispert, Tatsiana Kliatskova, Davide S. Mare |

Depending on the spread or containment of COVID-19, the pace of vaccine dissemination over the next two years, and the level of global financial stress, three alternative outcomes to the baseline…

Justin-Damien Guénette |

Public infrastructure has a significant role in helping countries achieve development goals. However, corruption in this sector has a particularly negative impact for developing countries.

Ian Hawkesworth |

The region has natural and built endowments that can position it for a robust, green recovery

Anna Wellenstein, Julie Rozenberg, Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez |

La región cuenta con riquezas naturales inherentes que le permiten posicionarse para una recuperación robusta y verde.

Anna Wellenstein, Julie Rozenberg, Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez |