Organisation

World Bank

Alternate Name:

World Bank Group

Book

Women, business and the law 2018


This resource explores how legislation affects women’s access to jobs, property, justice and credit, and showcases progress on gender legal parity around the world.
Report

2017-2018 Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition Leadership Report


Last year brought highs and lows in the global effort to confront climate change. On one hand, we saw an upsurge in international commitment to action, including deals announced at the extraordinary One Planet Summit that marked two years since the signing of the Paris Agreement. On the other, 2017 was marked by the devastation...
Working paper

Maximizing the development impacts from temporary migration


This paper evaluates the impact of the Australian agriculture sector's Pacific seasonal worker program on workers, their households, and communities.
Book

The changing wealth of nations 2018


This new volume sets the stage for addressing development through a comprehensive measure of wealth, which underpins income and well-being. Hopefully, the results will be used by policy makers and others to improve measures of economic progress and lead to policies that improve lives for generations.
Report

World development report 2018: learning to realize education's promise


The report notes that when countries and their leaders make 'learning for all' a national priority, education standards can improve dramatically.