The success of climate adaptation and mitigation often depends on support from local communities. Yet, it remains unclear what strategies are most effective to inform and activate support for climate ...

According to the June 2013 global economic prospects, the global economic environment remains fragile, although the balance of risks is now less skewed to the downside than it has been in recent ...

However, job creation has not kept pace, resulting in persistently high urban unemployment rates. Based on basic job search ...

The Performance-Based Financing (PBF) program in Sierra Leone's Free Education Project aimed to improve primary education by ...

Countries in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia (ECA) are increasingly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, ...

Aspirations have become a common theme in empirical economics studies but there is no unified understanding of the range of outcomes they influence, the factors that shape them, and how to measure ...

Over the past two decades, Djibouti’s economy has demonstrated remarkable growth, reaching the status of lower middle-income country. However, this remarkable performance was achieved despite the ...

Health budget allocation and execution are critical to ensuring that health systems function effectively, equitably, and ...

This background paper examines the critical issue of how to enhance digital skills among youth who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) in Africa to prevent approximately 72 million ...

This is the fourth edition of the Uganda Economic Update series. As with previous editions, this update first provides ...

Economic growth is estimated to have accelerated to 7.3 percent in 2024, driven by the strong performance of the service sector—particularly tourism—and a recovery in agricultural activity after ...

This study provides a comprehensive review of digital skills frameworks, competences, and assessment tools, emphasizing the critical role of digital proficiency in personal, professional, and ...