The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the …-operation and Development, the United Nations, and the World Bank. Notably, PPPs and ICP data are used in indicators monitoring … progress towards eight goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the World Bank's international …

This paper presents the main findings of the 2017 survey on national development banks that the World Bank conducted in … collaboration with the World Federation of Development Financing Institutions. Sixty-four development banks from different parts of … the world, mainly from middle-income countries, participated in the survey …

, the World Bank supported the Government of Indonesia's efforts to promote social accountability to improve teacher …

, prices for both mobile communications and fixed broadband are higher in the DR than in peer countries. Following the World … Bank Group's Markets and Competition Policy Assessment Toolkit (MCPAT), this policy note provides a brief overview of key …

alleviation. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and …

Chongqing is at a crossroads where its GDP per capita will reach a level at which cities typically decouple economic …. To produce one unit of GDP, Chongqing Municipality consumes 10 times more energy and emits eight times more CO2 than the …

protected areas, and expansion of agriculture and settlements. This World Bank report outlines key challenges and priority …The Lao PDR sits at the intersection of four critical ecoregions and is home to some of the world's biologically …

the world's highest levels of exposure to floods and extreme heat. However, building climate resilience also offers an … accelerated decarbonization and changing consumption and production patterns in the rest of the world. With the right policy …