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Thumbnail image for climate control programClimate Change  covers issues of impact incidence, adaptation in agriculture, incentive systems to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, joint investment in clean energy mechanisms, mitigation/adaptation and growth, water resources, transportation, and hydropower.
ConflictConflict studies the economics of civil war and post-conflict transitions to advise policymakers on avoiding conflict and conflict recurrence as well as improve the prospects of post-conflict development.
EA Prospects IconEast Asia's Economic Prospects aims to identify and analyze some of the principal drivers of current and future growth in the major economies of the region.
Finance ResearchFinance and Private Sector Research helps developing countries and the World Bank formulate better policies in the area of domestic financial system and private sector development.
Human Development & Public ServicesHuman Development & Public Services  examines factors that contribute to human development, especially in the areas of health, education and social protection, how to improve the coverage and quality of services and broader institutions in support of human development, and the effective use of aid.
International Migration & Development includes extensive data-gathering and analysis on the development impact of migration, so as to identify migration policies, regulations and institutional reforms that will lead to improved development outcomes.

LSMS

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) makes available to researchers the data sets and methodological lessons from the LSMS household surveys, an important tool in measuring and understanding poverty in developing countries.
Macroeconomics & GrowthMacroeconomics & Growth  focuses on issues related to economic growth, short-run economic fluctuations, and a broad range of topics in international finance.
PovertyPoverty & Inequality aims to improve current data and methods of poverty and inequality analysis, make data more accessible to users, and use it to better understand what makes “pro-poor growth".
Sustainable Rural and Urban Development

Sustainable Rural and Urban Development helps developing countries and the World Bank formulate better policies in the areas of rural development, urban development, environment and infrastructure.

TradeTrade & International Integration focuses on recent and ongoing research on international trade in the World Bank.

 




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