Yemen’s fisheries are a vital economic and social asset, supporting coastal livelihoods, providing food security, and ...

This brief uses the administrative database of Pakistan’s largest online job platform and an online COVID-19 survey to examine the gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor markets and other ...

Bhutan’s agrifood system (AFS) contributes to income and employment generation, but its role beyond primary production is not ...

Thailand is undergoing one of the most rapid demographic transitions in the world and is on track to become a “super-aged” society—with more than 20 percent of its population over 65—by 2033. The ...

This toolkit aims to assist practitioners to identify and address Public Financial Management (PFM) constraints that contribute to shortcomings in health service delivery. This Toolkit is anchored in ...

Women farmers face multiple risks that can limit their ability to benefit from agricultural finance. Drawing on evidence from a randomized field experiment in Burkina Faso and Senegal, this brief ...

Despite a challenging external environment, Malaysia’s growth outperformed projections in the second half of 2025, lifting full-year growth to 5.2 percent. The government achieved a ...

Higher oil prices resulting from the conflict in the Middle East have improved the current account balance and fiscal ...

While Nepal maintained overall macroeconomic stability, the flood caused widespread loss of life, extensive infrastructure ...

Bangladesh Development Update is a bi-annual publication by the World Bank. This report provides an assessment of the state of the Bangladesh economy, outlook, risks, and the key reform challenge the ...

The Bank of Thailand kept its policy rate unchanged, emphasizing that the current supply-driven inflation does not yet ...

Uzbekistan is advancing a comprehensive package of market-oriented reforms as part of its World Trade Organization accession strategy, including the abolition of monopolies, trade liberalization ...