What have we learned from reviewing 75 studies about interventions to reduce...
Graduating from college remains one of the best routes out of poverty. Recent research shows that returns to higher education are now larger than the returns to any other education sector, and they...
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The Commodity Markets Outlook in six charts
Oil prices will moderate from their current highs and be lower on average in 2019 than in 2018 on slower-then-expected global growth and rising non-OPEC production, according to our latest Commodity...
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Behavioral science in public policy: Future of government?
It is impressive to see that there are more than 202 public entities applying behavioral insights to their policies today. In 2015, the World Bank became one such entity that began to explore the...
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Testing the impact of phone calls on service delivery in India
Before last summer’s planting season, the Indian state of Telangana proposed a new way to help farmers – give them money. Many of Telangana’s farmers are subsistence farmers who often struggle to...
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Oil market outlook: Policies drive prices
This blog is the second in a series of nine blogs on commodity market developments, elaborating on themes discussed in the April 2019 edition of the World bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook. Since our...
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Barriers to urban electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective...
If you’re reading this, it’s likely that going about with your daily life is impossible without electricity. And yet, many face this exact challenge. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), 6 out of 10 people...
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Energy prices rise in April—Pink Sheet
Energy commodity prices surged more than 4 percent in April, led by oil (+7.5 percent), the World Bank Pink Sheet reported. However, coal and natural gas prices in the U.S. declined 7 and 10 percent,...
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Natural gas and coal: Plunging prices
This blog is the third in a series of nine blogs on commodity market developments, elaborating on themes discussed in April 2019 edition of the World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook. Natural gas and...
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Can regulation promote financial inclusion?
Economic literature shows that financial systems support livelihood enhancement and economic development by offering savings, payment, credit and risk management services to households and firms....
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Food prices: Markets are well-supplied, but trade tensions, energy prices,...
This blog is the fourth in a series of nine blogs on commodity market developments, elaborating on themes discussed in the latest edition of the World Bank’s Commodity Markets Outlook. Food commodity...
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