The economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) grew several folds over the past decades, making impressive improvements in key development indicators, supported by massive investments in extractive...
This report presents employment in Nigeria from a worker perspective as well as from a firm perspective. Using recent household data, the report complements the report ‘more, and more productive, jobs...
This report presents employment in Nigeria from a worker perspective as well as from a firm perspective. Using recent household data, the report complements the report ‘more, and more productive, jobs...
The Africa Competitiveness Report 2015 comes out at a promising time for the continent: for 15 years growth rates have averaged over 5 percent, and rapid population growth holds the promise of a large...
This report is part of a broader effort by the World Bank Group to understand the motives and challenges of small entrepreneurs in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). The report's key finding...
This report is part of a broader effort by the World Bank Group to understand the motives and challenges of small entrepreneurs in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). The report's key finding...
This First Phase Report on Sierra Leone growth poles is the result of a 9 months consultative process led by the Office of the President which specifically requested that the output of this diagnostic...
Several countries in Southern Africa have enormous potential to expand trade and mutually benefit from regional integration, and thus truly achieve 'growth without borders'. At the same time, several African...
This policy paper is motivated by the Government's 'Pakistan: framework for Economic Growth (FEG) 2011' which places weak corporate governance at the top of the 'software' constraints to growth. The efforts...
This policy paper aims to assist policy makers, as they develop the Pakistan Innovation Policy, with an independent assessment of where Pakistan stands now, an international perspective on policy priorities...
Iraq is currently facing high unemployment. Probably the single greatest developmental challenge is job generation. Experience everywhere, in both oil and non-oil producing countries, is that most job...
This newsletter provides information on PPI-related news in the Maghreb and Mashrek regions on telecommunications, energy, water and sanitation, transport. It includes the article: Enabling environment...
This newsletter is a quarterly publication of the Jordan country unit. This issue features: Privatization : the Jordanian success story. Recent economic developments. Bank Group operations. World Bank...