This blog dives into the quest to understand the gap in total factor productivity between advanced and developing economies. It revisits the missing middle hypothesis by taking advantage of…

There is a need to boost aid effectiveness. In the wake of the multiple overlapping crises the world is grappling with today, we have seen billions of dollars channeled by donors to recipients.…

Performance based financing (PBF) links funds or payments to service providers to results achieved and gives them considerable autonomy in using these funds.

As Vietnam’s economic success in the last decades has improved lives for most, the challenge of including ethnic minority populations from remote and mountainous areas in the benefits of growth…

Our World Bank report on climate change budget tagging offers a detailed review of climate change budget tagging methodologies and practices.

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.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world and how governments operate forever and presents new opportunities to improve government accounting practices.

In a post COVID-19 pandemic world, Fiscal Councils could help governments refocus on sustainable public finances because of their 6 unique characteristics and functions.

International investments between the North and South expanded faster than within the North. Financial integration within the South itself has grown even faster. However, the role of the South in…

2020 has been a year unlike any other. Here are our favorite World Bank Governance for Development blogs from this year.