Urgent reforms on broadband policy would hasten the digital transformation the Philippines needs to achieve its goal of becoming a prosperous middle-class society by 2040.

Naoto Kanehira, Mitch Abdon, Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos |

Cambodia has made remarkable development progress over the past decades through rapid economic growth, averaging over seven percent per year in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic and lifting…

Sebastian Eckardt, Faya Hayati |

Viet Nam’s quest for water security and the World Bank’s support for this effort have evolved significantly over the past three decades. Today, the focus has shifted towards building resilience…

Paul Smith |

Representatives from Argentina, Bangladesh, Chile, Egypt, and Vietnam recently traveled to the Netherlands to learn about flood risk reduction, drought mitigation, restoration of ecosystems, and…

Klaas de Groot, Berenice Flores Arias Uijtewaal, Heba Ahmed, Phuong Hoang Ai Nguyen |

World Bank guarantees play a vital role in addressing global challenges, attracting private sector expertise, and mobilizing capital for development projects. Explore the impact of guarantees in…

Şebnem Erol Madan |

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 |

The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens the uneven recovery of East Asia and Pacific. The invasion comes on top of the economic distress caused by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the financial…

Aaditya Mattoo, Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze, Ergys Islamaj |

As Vietnam’s economic success in the last decades has improved lives for most, the challenge of including ethnic minority populations from remote and mountainous areas in the benefits of growth…

Giorgia DeMarchi, Susan Shen |

The dividends associated with the rapid digitalization of the Vietnamese economy are highly dependent on whether the labor market can adapt.

Jacques Morisset |