Introduction Child stunting, a measure of malnutrition, is a major global health challenge affecting 148.1 million children in 2022. Global stunting rates have declined from 47.2% in 1985 to 22.3% in ...

The Philippines stands on the threshold of a significant economic milestone: transitioning from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income country status, according to World Bank classifications.

This paper provides the first comprehensive, cross-country evidence on the wage returns to digital skills, using more than 67 million job postings from 29 countries between 2021 and 2024. The paper ...

Microsoft says it is on track to invest $50 billion by the end of the decade to help bring artificial intelligence to lower-income countries, as concerns mount over the technology’s potential to ...

In little more than a decade, the design of global finance has undergone a quiet revolution. According to The Global Findex ...

WASHINGTON, February 12, 2026--Current deficits in health, education, and skill development at work are costing low- and middle-income countries 51% of their future labour earnings, according to a new ...

Japan’s Prime Minister recently announced a strategic partnership with the World Bank to support human resource development for Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the Global South. While this pivot ...

For decades, Nigeria’s fiscal debate has been dominated by a paradox: a country with vast economic potential but persistently weak domestic ...

This paper examines whether small low- and middle-income countries offer excess returns and diversification benefits to global investors. Using monthly equity price data from 2015–25, the study pools ...

I recently highlighted a really interesting new paper that provides some interesting insights about housing in spite of the blind spots about the current market among economists. In this post, I will ...