Reducing all forms of malnutrition, including stunting, is central to the World Bank Group's twin goals of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity, as well as building resilience and preventing instability. Maternal and child under nutrition is estimated to be responsible for...

The Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability (PEFA) assessment aims to provide the government of Albania with an objective up-to-date diagnostic of the national public financial management (PFM) performance based on the latest PEFA methodology. The assessment establishes a new PEFA...

Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Kosovo rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Kosovo is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 11.5 percent of...

Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Albania rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Albania is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as less than half (45.5...

Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Bosnia and Herzegovina rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Bosnia and Herzegovina is not capitalizing on its educated young...

Prospects for sustainable and faster economic growth and higher living standards in Montenegro rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Montenegro is not capitalizing on the educated young population, given that less than...

Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in FYR Macedonia rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, FYR Macedonia is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 39...

Prospects for faster, more sustainable economic growth and higher living standards in Serbia rely on increasing employment opportunities for all. By maintaining the current structure of labor participation, Serbia is not capitalizing on its educated young population, as only 48 percent of...

Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes Accounting and Auditing (‘ROSC A&A’) assess financial reporting and auditing standards, institutions and practices in participating countries. These reports form part of a joint initiative implemented by the World Bank and the International...

This report seeks to formulate a long-term vision for Haiti’s health sector to accelerate progress toward universal health coverage (UHC), a key objective of the government’s National Health Policy (Politique Nationale de Santé, PNS)–MSPP (2012). Progress toward this goal has been...