This note synthesizes the World Bank’s approach to supporting the Philippines in addressing the plastic waste crisis. As one of the largest contributors to marine plastic pollution globally, the Philippines is estimated to leak more than 0,3 million metric tons of plastic waste into the ocean...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I – Theoretical Foundations: Capabilities, Governance, and Structural Transformation: Chapter 2: Technological Capabilities and the Architecture of Catch-Up -- Chapter 3: Governance in Latecomer Contexts -- Chapter 4: Governing Capability Accumulation -- Part II...

We survey recent research on changing culture and social norms in developing countries and propose a simple framework to interpret these changes. We conceptualize individual utility from a given action as a function of three components: intrinsic valuations, material payoffs, and social...