Gender parity in educational attainment may mask other important inequalities. (Photo: Vuong Hai Hoang / World Bank) In many ways, girls’ education is a success story in global development.…
Pour la première fois, la pauvreté extrême est passée sous la barre des 10 %. Jamais le monde n’aura affiché autant d’ambitions pour le développement qu’aujourd’hui. Depuis l’adoption des…
Por primera vez en la historia, la cantidad de personas que viven en extrema pobreza ha bajado a menos del 10 %. El mundo nunca ha tenido metas tan ambiciosas en materia de desarrollo como sucede…
For the first time in history, the number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen below 10%. The world has never been as ambitious about development as it is today. After adopting the…
للمرة الأولى في التاريخ ينخفض عدد من يعيشون في فقر مدقع إلى أقل من 10 في المائة. ولم يكن العالم بمثل هذا الطموح بشأن التنمية كما هو عليه اليوم. فبعد اعتماد الأهداف الإنمائية المستدامة وتوقيع اتفاق…
Ministers, mayors, senior officials and experts from both the social protection and urban development spheres wrapped-up their intensive discussion at the 2015 South-South Learning Forum in…
Ministers, mayors, senior officials and experts from both the social protection and urban development spheres wrapped-up their intensive discussion at the 2015 South-South Learning Forum in…
Specialists in Sri Lanka receive training on the InaSafe risk assessment platform. © World Bank When I first heard about OpenStreetMap (OSM) – the so called Wikipedia of maps, built by…
Also available in: العربية Are we harnessing the power of the sun? With the success of rooftop solar and other initiatives, we’re beginning to head in the right direction. Photo: Bernd Sieker/…
Also available in: Français | العربية A boat trip from Port Elizabeth to Kingstown, in the Caribbean country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is a one-hour trip that locals take several…