Livestock plays a critical economic and social role both globally and in the Eastern and Southern Africa region. The livestock sector encompasses a variety of species, with cattle being the most prominent in the region. Livestock systems in the region comprise large and small farms. Often, and...

Over the past decades, India has developed at a scale and pace that few would have thought possible. From 2000 to today, in real terms, the economy has grown nearly four-fold, and GDP per capita has almost tripled. Because India grew faster than the rest of the world, its share in the global...

The new political context emerging from the May 2024 elections provides a unique opportunity for South Africa. The alignment of economic and political incentives, in the sense that improving the economy is essential for gaining political power, offers a platform to launch a decisive...

La historia reciente de Perú presenta éxitos notables. Entre 2002 y 2013, el país creció un 6,1 por ciento, casi el doble del promedio regional. Luego de reformas clave para promover la transparencia y la rendición de cuentas del marco macro-fiscal en la década de 1990, Perú aprovechó un...

In responding to these critical questions, this report updates and expands on the 2022 Country Climate and Development Report, particularly in the analysis of climate impacts, adaptation, and mitigation strategies. This report provides updated estimates of adaptation costs, incurred through...

This approach paper advocates for energy efficiency (EE) to be prioritized and scaled up-necessitating its elevation in energy sector policies, targets and programs, for both low- and middle-income countries (LICs and MICs). It draws on the lessons learned through the World Bank Group's (WBG's)...

For programs to be responsive to the specific spatial contexts, growth drivers, constraints to economic activity, and the economic potential of cities in India's complex city system, which comprises of 4,041 statutory cities and towns as per the 2011 census, a one-size-fits-all approach to urban...

Le niveau élevé d'exposition aux chocs, en particulier aux chocs liés au climat et aux conflits, dans la région du Sahel exacerbe la vulnérabilité de la population. Cela augmente également le risque que les non-pauvres tombent dans la pauvreté. En 2018-2019, une nouvelle série...

China's economy has maintained solid growth momentum in early 2025, supported in part by monetary, fiscal, and property sector policy easing. However, growth is projected to moderate from 5.0 percent in 2024 to 4.5 percent in 2025 and 4.0 percent in 2026, as global trade restrictions and...

Brazil has committed to a 43 percent reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions between 2005 and 2030 - mainly through increasing the share of sustainable biofuels and clean energy in the energy mix, and through forest restoration and reafforestation. Sustainable investments in the forestry...