Documents et rapports

Statement by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund at the 111th Meeting of the Development Committee held on April 24, 2025 (anglais)

Statement by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund at the 111th Meeting of the Development Committee held on April 24, 2025. The world economy is at a pivotal juncture. At the center...

Statement by the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund at the 110th Meeting of the Development Committee held on October 25, 2024 (anglais)

This is a statement by Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund at the 110th Meeting of the Development Committee held on October 25, 2024. The global economy has remained resilient, and a...

Guinea Risk and Resilience Assessment (anglais)

Guinea presents a double paradox. It is a rich country whose people are extremely poor. Its people are united and not prone to communal conflict, but political elites have used a rhetoric of “winner-take-all,”...

La Guinée Évaluation des Risques et de la Résilience (français)

La Guinée présente un double paradoxe. C'est un pays riche dont la population est extrêmement pauvre. Sa population est unie et peu sujette aux conflits communautaires, mais les élites politiques ont utilisé...

Technical Paper 5 : Conflict and Climate Change in the Lake Chad Region (anglais)

Peace and security are basic conditions for economic and social development. Conflict, on the other hand, can reverse years of economic growth and induce long-term harm on almost all aspects of development...

Somalia Urbanization Review : Fostering Cities as Anchors of Development (Vol. 1 of 2) (anglais)

The Somalia Urbanization Review aims to improve our understanding of the complex issues pertaining to urbanization in Somalia and identifies priority interventions that can help better manage it. There...

Conflict and Poverty (anglais)

This paper analyzes the relationship between poverty and conflict in the macro and regional data, including a detailed case study of Uganda. The paper relies on a large and growing literature that provides...

The Scars of Civil War: The Long-Term Welfare Effects of the Salvadoran Armed Conflict (anglais)

This paper estimates the long-term effects on human capital accumulation and subsequent labor market outcomes of in utero and early childhood exposure to the civil war in El Salvador (1980-92), the second...

The Seasonality of Conflict (anglais)

This paper investigates whether poor employment prospects of potential insurgents help to fuel conflict. The paper provides a new test of this "opportunity cost mechanism" using one of the largest shocks...

Impact of Refugees on Hosting Communities in Ethiopia : A Social Analysis (anglais)

As of March 30, 2020, Ethiopia was hosting 758,199 registered refugees and asylum seekers, making it the second largest refugee-hosting country in Africa. Ethiopia is in the process of making far-reaching...

Building for Peace : Reconstruction for Security, Equity, and Sustainable Peace in MENA (Vol. 2 of 3) : Executive Summary (anglais)

Tragic levels of death, destruction, displacement, and disorder from ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen require a new approach focused on building – not rebuilding – to support transitions...

Building for Peace : Reconstruction for Security, Equity, and Sustainable Peace in MENA (Vol. 1 of 3) (anglais)

Tragic levels of death, destruction, displacement, and disorder from ongoing conflicts in Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen require a new approach focused on building – not rebuilding – to support transitions...

Violence without Borders : The Internationalization of Crime and Conflict (anglais)

Just like nearly every aspect of human experience, crime, civil conflict, and violence have become increasingly global. Around the world, civil wars, of which there are more today than at any time since...

Project Information Document-Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet - AF - Liberia: Public Financial Management Reforms for Institutional Strengthening - P172654 (anglais)

Fragility and Conflict : On the Front Lines of the Fight against Poverty (anglais)

Fragility and conflict pose a critical threat to the global goal of ending extreme poverty. Between 1990 and 2015, successful development strategies reduced the proportion of the world’s people living...

The Third Function of Law Is to Transform Cultural Categories (anglais)

How does law change society? In the rational actor model, law affects behavior only by changing incentives and information -- the command and coordination function of law. Under the view that humans are...

Unfortunate Moms and Unfortunate Children : Impact of the Nepali Civil War on Women's Stature and Intergenerational Health (anglais)

This paper analyzes the long-term health impacts of Nepal's 1996-2006 civil conflict. It exploits the heterogeneity in conflict intensity across villages and birth cohorts to document long-term health...

South Sudan - S. Sudan Emerg. Food Crisis Res. P (anglais)

Unfortunate Moms and Unfortunate Children : Impact of the Nepali Civil War on Women's Stature and Intergenerational Health (anglais)

This paper analyzes the long-term health impacts of Nepal's 1996–2006 civil conflict. It exploits the heterogeneity in conflict intensity across villages and birth cohorts to document long-term health...

South Sudan - Eastern Africa Regional Transport, Trade and Development Facilitation Project (anglais)

Ratings of Eastern Africa Regional Transport, Trade and Development Facilitation Project were as follows: outcomes were not applicable, risk to development outcome was not applicable, and Bank performance...