Cost-benefit analysis used to be one of the World Bank's signature issues. It helped establish its reputation as the knowledge Bank and served to demonstrate its commitment to measuring results and ensuring accountability to taxpayers. It was the Bank's answer to the results agenda long before...

The World Bank supports development that improves human welfare and reduces poverty. Achieving this goal requires sustainable economic growth; the development of physical infrastructure, human resources, and institutions; and sound environmental management. In recent years development...

This brief is a part of the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Knowledge Brief series on the design and implementation of youth employment programs. The digital transformation is creating new job opportunities, especially for women, who are able to work from home and overcome time and...