On August 15, 2025, 150 millimeters of rain fell on Buner district in a single hour. Water, boulders, and debris cascaded ...

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The World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Series encourages the exchange of ideas on development and quickly disseminates the findings of research in progress. This series is aimed at showcasing ...

The LSMS multi-purpose survey collects data on many dimensions of household and individual wellbeing to assess household welfare, understand hosuehold behavior and evaluate the effect of various ...

The World Bank’s Partnerships, Innovation, and Mobilization (PIM) Vice Presidency is responsible for managing and monitoring policies and procedures for World Bank development financing vehicles. PIM ...

Financial sector is the set of institutions, instruments, markets, as well as the legal and regulatory framework that permit transactions to be made by extending credit. Fundamentally, financial ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

Public Finance is a thematic area of the Governance GP. The World Bank Group works with governments to enhance the management of public resources in pursuit of growth, development, and poverty ...

The world’s largest development bank, IBRD provides financial products and policy advice to help countries reduce poverty and extend the benefits of sustainable growth to all of their people. The ...

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