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Social protection spending and coverage are increasing, yet some countries continue to favor the nonpoor over the poor, and men over women.
Gender tip sheets make the business case for mainstreaming gender goals into finance, renewable energy, agribusiness, and other private sector projects.
A study of nighttime luminosity in Sri Lanka shows an uptake of local economic activities in areas connected by a large-scale road project.
Leverage machine learning and satellite imagery for informed resource allocation to enhance road quality and address development challenges.
Among the remedial measures are boosting revenue generation, striving for expenditure efficiency, and unburdening liabilities.
The lack of a dedicated financial mechanism to address climate-related loss and damage underscores the need for innovative ways to address this funding gap.
Early and strong action mitigates health impact, while recovery measures focus on the long term.
Drones, remote sensing, and other tech-driven solutions make biodiversity monitoring and impact assessment for development projects easier and less costly.
Policies being undertaken in the Pacific are helping businesses move from the informal to the formal sector and generate better jobs.
Tax expenditure estimation is an important analytical tool in supporting tax policy formulation.