Project Promissa showed that paper-based promissory notes, used to manage countries' financial commitments to multilateral development banks, can be redesigned using distributed ledger technology to address operational challenges and improve efficiency. Project Promissa explores how to make the...

Als zentrales Organ der Entwicklungspolitik kann die Weltbank viel über Inhalt und Form konkreter Maßnahmen bestimmen. Das Inspection Panel der Weltbank gilt in diesem Rahmen als Chance, Einfluss auf die Kreditvergabe zu nehmen und emanzipatorisches Potenzial zu entfalten. Dustin Schäfer...

The Gulf Economic Update (GEU) is the product of the Economic Policy unit for Middle East and North Africa at the World Bank Group. It provides an update on key economic developments and policies in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries over the past six months, places them in a...

"Much of the literature on migration to cities examines migration in a nonspatial fashion or focuses on rural-urban migration to the largest, most visible cities. This volume fills a gap by focusing on migration to secondary cities, coming up with a compelling set of facts. Overall, the volume...

Land institutions and policies will be critical to help African countries respond to the challengesof climate change, urban expansion, structural transformation, and gender equality.Together, they affect urban dwellers' ability to access productive jobs, live in decent housing, andbreathe clean...

This third Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA3)-undertaken jointly by the World Bank, the Government of Ukraine, the European Commission, and the United Nations and supported by other partners-takes stock of almost two years of the ongoing war, estimating damage and losses along with...