With the help of the EU and World Bank, Romania is deploying strategies to reduce growing disparities between urban and rural areas by focusing on disadvantaged students and accelerating learning…

Alina Sava, Gallina Andronova Vincelette, Rita Almeida |

While infrastructure has been perceived as gender-neutral, it can be deeply exclusionary if masculine sensibilities solely determine the design. How can private investors incentivize gender…

Luciana Guimaraes Drummond e Silva |

Gender-based violence represents a significant barrier to women’s full involvement in social and economic life in Haiti and remains associated with violence and insecurity. The country has a long…

Bruce MacPhail, Francesca Rivelli, Giselle Marie Bello, Manuel Contreras-Urbina |

Seven steps towards climate neutrality by 2030, by the World Bank.

Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu |

This blog highlights two studies from past World Bank's Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)-supported research that demonstrate the importance of a data-driven and evidence-based approach to…

Kerina Wang, Lauren Nicole Core, KCP Program Management Unit (KCP PMU) |

About three-quarters of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean uses the Internet. The World Bank studies 24 countries in the region and provides three main findings on household digital…

Gabriel Lara Ibarra, Niccolò Comini, Natalija Gelvanovska-Garcia |

Lack of data is one of the most pressing challenges to making progress on preventing and combating GBV through evidence-based policies in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania.

Gallina Andronova Vincelette, Valerie Morrica, Chifundo Chilera |

Flood risks affect almost 2 billion people worldwide, and climate change and unplanned urbanization will further increase these risks. To better manage the risks and build more resilient…

Chris Fischer, Peyo Stanchev |

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted employment in Latin American and Caribbean countries. Although labor markets in the region began to recover, employment levels and working conditions have…

Ana Rivadeneira, Sergio Olivieri, Trinidad Saavedra |