Malaysia's plastic recycling sector has historically relied on imported plastic waste. Imported plastic provides some ...

Malaysia’s home appliances sector generates substantial plastic waste, primarily from end-of-life items like refrigerators and televisions. Key recyclable plastics include polypropylene (PP) and ...

This paper estimates the gender gap in the performance of firms in Peru using representative data on both formal and informal ...

Tracking progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is hampered by significant data and measurement challenges ...

It pays special attention to the impact that immigration from Nicaragua has had on poverty, and to the particular challenges ...

The Rwanda Economic Update No. 21 reviews the country’s macroeconomic performance and prospects and includes a special section focusing on the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) on the domestic ...

Climate change is increasingly acknowledged as a critical issue with far-reaching socioeconomic implications that extend well beyond environmental concerns. Among the most pressing challenges is its ...

This report is the first to systematically address the complex challenge of industrial decarbonization in East Asia, one of the world’s most dynamic economic areas. Drawing on original data and ...

Tax revenue collection is essential to the state’s ability to address market failures, provide goods and services such as health and education, invest in infrastructure, stabilize the economy in ...

The report presents the Digital Trade Regulatory Readiness (DTRR) database compiled by a team of World Bank experts. The database offers novel information on laws and regulations on digital trade for ...

The following sections of this paper provide a more detailed review of the sectoral objectives, challenges, and way ...

Abstract This paper computes a new financial globalization index for a large sample of countries for 1992-2016. Unlike other measures, the financial globalization index corrects for the ...