World Bank Publications Newsletter—June 2026
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 The World Bank Group Publications team is excited to announce our newest releases. You can order print copies from the WBG Online Bookstore, while digital editions are freely available for download from the Open Knowledge Repository. To see our most recent and forthcoming titles, we invite you to explore our Publications Spring 2026 Catalog. |
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New Open Knowledge Repository Titles |
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  | From Prospective to Prepared Teacher A Global Study of Initial Teacher Education By World Bank Effective primary school teachers are vital to building human capital and economic growth. This global study examines how initial teacher education is delivered worldwide and offers five guiding principles to help education systems better prepare teachers before they enter the classroom. |
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 | Integrating Africa From Threads to Hubs By Woubet Kassa, Hiau Looi Kee, and Jean-Christophe Maur Amid global fragmentation and trade uncertainty, the book redefines regional integration as a strategic response. It presents a four-pillar blueprint regional value chains, lower trade frictions, stronger regional agreements, and regional public goods offering evidence-based strategies to turn fragmented markets into functional production networks. |
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 | Homes and Hopes Mobilizing Private Capital for Affordable Housing and Family Investment in Kazakhstan By Katerina Levitanskaya, Martin Melecky, and Andrey Milyutin In Kazakhstan, housing affordability is an economic constraint, reflecting structural inefficiencies in mortgage finance, subsidy design, and funding models. Homes and Hopes analyzes the country's residential mortgage market and proposes policy reforms to unlock private capital, strengthen financial stability, and enable more families to invest. |
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Now Available in Print |
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  | Building Human Capital Where It Matters Benchmarking Laws for Jobs and Inclusive Growth Ed. Alaka Holla, Norbert Schady, and Joana Silva This human capital report emphasizes that the places where people grow up, live, and work have a powerful impact on their health, learning, and job prospects. By focusing on homes, neighborhoods, and workplaces, it reveals untapped opportunities to improve lives, reduce poverty, and drive long-term economic progress. ISBN: 978-1-4648-2277-3 |
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 | Women, Business and the Law 2026 Benchmarking Laws for Jobs and Inclusive Growth By World Bank Women, Business and the Law (WBL) is a World Bank Group project measuring the laws and regulations that restrict women's economic opportunity. WBL informs research and policy discussions about the state of women's economic empowerment and emphasizes the work still to be done to ensure equality of opportunity for all. ISBN: 978-1-4648-2196-7 Explore the Women, Business, and the Law collection. |
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 | Accelerating Investment Challenges and Policies Ed. Amat Adarov This book presents the World Bank's most comprehensive assessment yet of investment in developing economies. It explores why investment matters, why it has stalled in many countries, and what it will take to reignite it. ISBN: 978-1-4648-2304-6 |
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