The outsized risk of harassment that women face daily, in turn, affects their decisions whether to take a bus or even whether to get a job.

Establishing a fit-for-purpose banking law in Uzbekistan

The World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries, IDA has been a reliable partner in South Asia for more than six decades and contributed to a sharp decline in poverty in the region. Yet, for…

Politicians have erroneous belief about citizen preferences. When you give them the correct information, they change their behavior.

The province of Sindh includes some of the most drought prone areas of Pakistan. The World Bank's Sindh Resilience Project aims to mitigate drought risks in vulnerable areas of Sindh, working…

La Méditerranée atteint un point de non-retour en raison de la surpêche, de la pollution marine, de l'élévation du niveau de la mer et du réchauffement.

There is an urgent need for a new approach to economic activity on the Mediterranean Sea, which is warming at two to three times the rate of the global ocean.

هناك حاجة ماسة إلى نهج جديد في النشاط الاقتصادي في البحر المتوسط، الذي ترتفع درجة حرارة مياهه بمعدل ضعفي إلى ثلاثة أضعاف معدل ارتفاع حرارة المياه في المحيطات.

Ranking third globally, South Asia generates a staggering 334 million metric tons of solid waste every year, and most of it is plastic that ends up in the ocean. But the region is also at the…

نعيش حالياً أزمة تعلّم عالمية؛ حيث أن أكثر من نصف الأطفال في سن العاشرة بالبلدان المنخفضة والمتوسطة الدخل لا يستطيعون قراءة نص بسيط وفهمه.