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Get the latest World Bank data and publications. Access economy facts, statistics, project information, and development research from World Bank experts. UnderstandingPoverty ResearchandPublications IncludeProjectDocuments,Research&Publicationsfrombefore2000 ViewAll Featured Women,BusinessandtheLaw2022 Legalreformstoencourageandincentivizewomen'sworkstrengthencommunitiesandeconomies.In86countries,womenfacesomeformofjobrestrictionand95countriesdonotguaranteeequalpayforequalwork,accordingtotheWorldBank’sWomen,BusinessandtheLaw2022report. Women,BusinessandtheLaw2022 WorldDevelopmentReport2022:FinanceforanEquitableRecovery The2022WorldDevelopmentReport(WDR)examinesthefinancialandeconomicrisksthathavebeencreatedorexacerbatedbythepandemic,andoutlinespolicymeasuresgovernmentsshouldtakenowtoavoidmajorfinancialupheaval. WorldDevelopmentReport2022:FinanceforanEquitableRecovery WalkinginMigrants’Shoes SandraV.Rozois aresearcheconomistin DevelopmentResearchGroup whostudiesforciblydisplacedpopulationsandmigrants. Herresearchfocusesonunderstandingforceddisplacement,specificallyintheglobalSouth.Thisiswhere85%ofrefugeepopulationsarehosted,andevenmoreforinternallydisplacedpopulations.Recently,shehasbeenprimarilystudyingVenezuelanrefugeesinColombiaandSyrianrefugeepopulationsinJordanandTurkey. WalkinginMigrants’Shoes OpenKnowledgeRepository Selectworksfromover30,000WorldBankpublications ViewAll GlobalEconomicProspects,January2022 Theglobalrecoveryissettodecelerateamiddiminishedpolicysupport,continuedCOVID-19flare-ups,andlingeringsupplybottlenecks.Incontrasttothatinadvancedeconomies,outputinemergingmarketanddevelopingeconomieswillremainmarkedlybelowpre-pandemictrendsovertheforecasthorizon.Theoutlookiscloudedbyvariousdownsiderisks,includingnewCOVID-19outbreaks,thepossibilityofde-anchoredinflationexpectations,andfinancialstressinacontextofrecord-highdebtlevels.  GlobalEconomicProspects,January2022 InnovationsinTaxCompliance:BuildingTrust,NavigatingPolitics,andTailoringReform InnovationsinTaxCompliance:BuildingTrust,NavigatingPolitics,andTailoringReformtakesafreshlookattaxreform.Theauthorsdrawonrecentresearchandexperiencefortheirnewconceptualframeworktoguidemoreeffectiveapproachestoreform.Buildingontheachievementsofrecentdecades,theyargueforagreateremphasisontheoverlappinggoalsofbuildingtrust,navigatingpoliticalresistance,andtailoringreformtouniquelocalcontexts—anemphasisachievedbyidentifyingthemostbindingconstraintsonreform.  InnovationsinTaxCompliance:BuildingTrust,NavigatingPolitics,andTailoringReform BoostingProductivityinSub-SaharanAfrica:PoliciesandInstitutionstoPromoteEfficiency ThisbookdocumentstheproductivitytrendsinSub-SaharanAfricainthreedifferentdimensions,assessingproductivityattheaggregatelevel,thesectorallevel,andtheestablishmentlevel.Itcharacterizestheevolutionofproductivityintheregionrelativetoothercountriesandregions,aswellascountrygroupsinAfrica,classifiedbytheirdegreeofnaturalresourceabundanceandconditionoffragility. BoostingProductivityinSub-SaharanAfrica:PoliciesandInstitutionstoPromoteEfficiency AfricaintheNewTradeEnvironment:MarketAccessinTroubledTimes AfricaintheNewTradeEnvironment:MarketAccessinTroubledTimesprovidesacomprehensive,state-of-the-artanalysisbyateamofrenownedtradeeconomistswhopresentastrategytobolsterSub-SaharanAfrica’smarketaccessinthecurrentglobalenvironment. AfricaintheNewTradeEnvironment:MarketAccessinTroubledTimes BlueSkies,BlueSeas:AirPollution,MarinePlastics,andCoastalErosionintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica Thisbookshowshowvirtuallyallformsofnaturalcapital,butparticularly“blue”naturalcapital–skiesandseas–hasbeendegradingintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica(MENA)regionoverthelastthreedecades,andfocusesonthethreechallengesofairpollution,marineplastics,andcoastalerosion. BlueSkies,BlueSeas:AirPollution,MarinePlastics,andCoastalErosionintheMiddleEastandNorthAfrica Place,Productivity,andProsperity:RevisitingSpatiallyTargetedPoliciesforRegionalDevelopment Placemattersforproductivityandprosperity.Myriadfactorssupportasuccessfulplace,includingnotonlythehardinfrastructuresuchasroads,butalsothesofterelementssuchasworkerskills,entrepreneurialability,andwell-functioninginstitutions.Historysuggeststhatprosperousplacestendtopersist,while“left-behind”regions—orthosehurtbyclimatic,technological,orcommercialshocks—struggletocatchup.Thisdivisiongivesrisetodemandsto“dosomething”aboutthesubsequentspatialinequality.Suchpressuresoftenresultincostlyspatiallytargetedpolicieswithdisappointingoutcomesbecauseofalackofanalysisoftheunderlyingbarrierstogrowthandstructuraltransformationandafairappraisalofthepossibilityofovercomingthem. 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