World Bank Group

Recent papers from World Bank Group

1. Improving Parental Investments in Children: Experimental Evidence from The GambiaJournal of Human Capital · 2026
2. Domestic laws and protectionism in government procurementWorld Trade Review · 2026
3. Born Small, Staying Small: Generative Artificial Intelligence and the Organization of New Firms2026
4. Human rights economicsWorld Development · 2026
5. Decoding climate anomalies—From scientifically sound to societally relevantProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2026
6. Inequality Matters for DevelopmentOxford Open Economics · 2026
7. Voluntary sustainability standards and economic and ecological outcomes: panel evidence from Rwanda’s coffee sectorWorld Development · 2026
8. Investing in pandemic prevention, preparedness, and responseThe Lancet Public Health · 2026
9. Poverty and mental disorders: breaking the cycle in low-income and middle-income countriesThe Lancet · 2011
10. Can Facebook Ads Prevent Malaria? Two Field Experiments in IndiaMarketing Science · 2026
11. Why do people migrate irregularly? Evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in West AfricaJournal of Public Economics · 2026
12. Revealing tax evasion: Experimental evidence from a representative survey of Indonesian firmsJournal of Economic Behavior & Organization · 2026
13. Will this time be different? Just transition pathways in eastern and Southern Africa’s critical minerals sectorThe Extractive Industries and Society · 2026
14. Focus on the ‘next generation of water economics’: navigating complexity, interdependence and changeEnvironmental Research Letters · 2026
15. Building-level exposure asset value modelling for Germany: an Ahrweiler case studyNatural hazards and earth system sciences · 2026
16. The effect of urban transport efficiency on wages: Evidence from Dar Es SalaamAfrican Transport Studies · 2026
17. What passengers reveal: Measuring safety and transit quality in informal transport with crowdsourced feedbackTravel Behaviour and Society · 2026
18. Non-evaporative district cooling cuts costs, saves water, and eases grid pressure in tropical citiesCommunications Sustainability · 2026
19. The Impact of the EU Common Agricultural Policy on Regional Agricultural ProductivityAgricultural Economics · 2026
20. Balancing Competing Demands for Sustainable Water DevelopmentWater · 2026