On Aug. 15, 1947, British colonial rule in South Asia officially ended. The four independent states that eventually emerged in its place — India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh — all faced urgent ...

The World Bank, in collaboration with George Washington University (GWU) and the University of Virginia (UVA), hosted the 1st World Bank-GWU-UVA Conference on “The Economics of Sustainable Development ...

In 1985 a new college graduate named Michael Kremer traveled to Kenya hoping to learn more about a topic he had studied at Harvard: economic development in low-income countries. He didn’t anticipate ...

The Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) is the premier research and data arm of the World Bank. This page highlights newsletters produced by DEC where you can learn about our latest research, ...

Urban economic development and innovation are increasingly central to understanding how cities evolve as hubs of technological advancement, productivity and social progress. Recent developments have ...

Real estate markets operate at the intersection of economic activity, social trends, and urban governance. Urban policy frameworks serve not only to regulate investment flows and manage land use but ...

The Human Development Data (HDD) of the United Nation is the integrated database for the Human Development Reports created in 1990. This database provides statistics essential for economic, ...