Thailand’s economic recovery has been uneven. Stronger-than-expected exports and investment are masking weakness in tourism and private consumption. Export momentum benefited from front-loaded orders amid...
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 action...
This paper examines the impact of trade promotion organizations on exports during the COVID-19 pandemic using a World Bank survey. The results suggest that increased trade promotion organization budgets...
Economic activity remains strong, supported by well-anchored inflation, steady interest rates, and a broadly stable macroeconomic environment. Industrial production rose by 8.5 percent y/y and the manufacturing...
Hoạt động kinh tế vẫn tiếp tục đà tăng trưởng, cùng lạm phát, lãi suất và kinh tế vĩ mô được duy trì ổn định. Sản xuất công nghiệp tăng 8,5% so với cùng kỳ năm ngoái và chỉ số PMI sản xuất trong tháng...
The Thai economy continued to be supported by strong goods exports and improving manufacturing output, though service sector activity softened due to a drop in tourist arrivals. Exports continued to surge...
This paper evaluates the impact of higher temperatures on learning outcomes in Peru. The results suggest that 1 degree above 20°C is equivalent to 7 and 6 percent of a standard deviation of what a student...
Malawi’s economy is in a deep and protracted crisis marked by elevated inflation, declining living standards, and high rates of food insecurity. Since 2020, Malawi’s economy has experienced a deep and...
The impacts of the March earthquake are continuing to disrupt lives and livelihoods, exacerbating the already very difficult economic conditions. The World Bank estimates that economic output losses attributable...
Digital technologies are increasingly important for delivering inclusive, resilient, and high-quality education, yet financing their effective deployment remains a key constraint in many low- and middleincome...
Husbands are often key stakeholders and influential in women’s enterprise performance. Intrahousehold constraints and relational dynamics may contribute to a gender gap in entrepreneurship. This mixed-methods...
This paper quantifies learning losses between 2020 and 2022 in the Dominican Republic, an upper-middle-income country. The paper uses data from a sample of ninth-grade students who benefited from computer...
The June 2025 update to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) introduces several important changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. The most important change is the adoption of...
Countries frequently revise how they measure income or consumption due to changes in data collection and questionnaire design. These changes create comparability breaks in poverty trends over time. This...
High-frequency indicators showed resilient economic activities. The Industrial Production Index (IIP) rose by 2.5 percent m/m, SA in May 2025, compared to 1.2 percent in April, supported by production...
This note presents the 9th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of June 2025. The...
Các số liệu cập nhật cho thấy các hoạt động kinh tế vẫn tiếp tục duy trì tăng trưởng. Chỉ số sản xuất công nghiệp (IIP) tăng 2,5% (m/m, SA) trong tháng 5/2025, cao hơn so với mức tăng 1,2% trong tháng...
In this paper we describe the Stata program cache, which allows for the full output of any Stata command to be cached to disk, enabling easy recovery of command output in the future without the need for...
The Yemen Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It also presents findings from recent World Bank work on Yemen. While domestic tensions...
This study evaluates the impact of a program leveraging large language models for virtual tutoring in secondary education in Nigeria. Using a randomized controlled trial, the program deployed Microsoft...