Building a skilled and diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce is crucial for economic development, cross-border trade, and social inclusion in South Asia. However, ...

Digital business training offers flexibility and scalability, but translating these features into tangible benefits for women ...

This report outlines the development of a novel strategy for an intergovernmental transfer program known as performance-based incentives (PBIs). The Government of India initiated the Sub-National ...

This technical note outlines updated poverty trends in India, drawing on data from the 2022–23 and 2011–12 Household Consumption Expenditure Surveys (CES) conducted by the National Sample Survey ...

This paper highlights the successes and challenges of international mental health innovations, providing a roadmap for ...

Estimating the macroeconomic implications of climate change impacts and adaptation options is a topic of intense research.

In the Mashreq countries of Iraq, Jordan, and Lebanon, women’s economic opportunities are significantly constrained, with female labor force participation rates among the lowest globally. Women face ...

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 ...

The paper then examines what has been learned to date from the experience with CCTs in the South and raises a series of questions concerning the relevance and replicability of these lessons in ...

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Secondary school completion in sub-Saharan Africa is the lowest in the world. Given the multiple constraints households face, the scope of purely demand-side interventions to narrow the completion gap ...