This blog post is part of a series for the 'Bureaucracy Lab', a World Bank initiative to better understand the world's public officials and explores a range of approaches to…

Liberia strived to enhance the capacity of its national statistical system so it could track the progress of the country’s development. In making an effort to improve the capacity of its…

Moldova frequently experiences severe weather events such as storms, floods, extreme temperatures and droughts. And, due to climate change, it is projected that the country will face more extreme…

В Молдове часто происходят опасные погодные явления – бури, паводки, экстремальные температуры и засухи. В будущем, по прогнозам, в стране все чаще будут происходить экстремальные погодные явления…

Moldova este frecvent ținta unor fenomene meteorologice adverse severe, cum ar fi furtunile, inundațiile, temperaturile extreme sau secetele.

Viachaslau Kananovich is a student from Minsk, Belarus. He is a winner of the essay writing competition held by the World Bank office in Belarus.

Belarus urgently needs structural economic reforms to avoid economic instability.
Why the urgency, you may ask, especially given that Belarus has made significant strides in reducing poverty…