Climate change is an existential threat for Pacific Island countries that can lead to the risk of displacement and migration for families and communities across the region.

Enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic labor force is critical for maintaining the FSM’s productivity and inclusive growth.

Recently, the World Bank has collaborated with Samoan government ministries, a local non-government organizations and researchers to conduct the Samoa Food and Tobacco Household Survey to…

The World Bank updated its global poverty lines last month and the number of poor is now significantly different in certain countries and regions. For the EAP region, this changes our view of the…

From little things, big things grow: Papua New Guinea cocoa farmers defy the pandemic downturn

With extensive coastlines, many island nations, and low-lying territories, the East Asia and Pacific region is highly susceptible to climate-related disasters. The region has developing and…

The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens the uneven recovery of East Asia and Pacific. The invasion comes on top of the economic distress caused by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the financial…

A working paper develops a Gender Employment Gap Index (GEGI) designed to be a simple and transparent measure of the long-run effects on GDP of closing gender employment gaps that can be…

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces 4 papers published from February 16 to February 28 on various topics, including…

Labor mobility and remittances in the Pacific during COVID-19