South Asia is expected to continue to be the fastest-growing emerging market and developing economy (EMDE) region over the next two years. This is largely thanks to robust growth in India, but growth ...

As the brick sector is a prominent contributor to air pollution in Dhaka, it is important to distinguish its contribution to the city's air pollution from other sources, including transport and ...

Efforts to conduct comprehensive assessments of agricultural policies globally involve various methodologies and ...

This two-part policy brief series traces the development and reform of law in India related to three critical areas that ...

This brief is the first in a series of several companion pieces that assess the state of the business environment in 27 ...

Family law has witnessed significant global progress over the past 50 years: Since 1970, 600 million women have gained ...

This Brief examines the challenges in implementing laws protecting women’s land rights in Sub-Saharan Africa. While some progress has been made in enacting legal protections, remaining discriminatory ...

This brief provides insight into how Ethiopia increased the duration of paid maternity leave from 90 to 120 days and introduced three days of paid paternity leave in 2019. While ensuring job-protected ...

The Country Opinion Survey in Chad assists the World Bank Group (WBG) in better understanding how stakeholders in Chad perceive the WBG. It provides the WBG with systematic feedback from national and ...

Most power utilities in West Africa are not financially sustainable. Several interrelated factors cause these performance issues, but dependence on liquid fuels, poor governance, insufficient use of ...