Socio-economic development encompasses the intertwined processes by which societies transform their economic structures, social institutions and human well-being. It involves the shift from agrarian ...

The global energy transition entails a systematic shift from carbon-intensive fossil fuels towards low-carbon and renewable energy sources, driven by the dual imperatives of climate mitigation and ...

Digital technologies are redefining how agricultural and food systems operate—from production and logistics to marketing and consumption. Advances in ...

Afforestation has become a key strategy for addressing climate change, ecological degradation, and sustainable development challenges under global carbon ...

Located within the Development Economics Vice Presidency, the Development Research Group is the World Bank's principal research department. With its cross-cutting expertise on a broad range of topics ...

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 ...