Moldova has made great strides in economic growth and poverty reduction since 2000. GDP per capita increased from 3 percent to 15 percent of the EU average over the 2000-2021 period, and the…

Inguna Dobraja, Jennifer Solotaroff |

Many Caribbean countries simply do not collect data to measure and monitor poverty and inequality.

Lilia Burunciuc, Marla Dukharan, Anna Luisa Paffhausen |

For millennia, the Black Sea has supported economic and human development in the region, and today more than 160 million people living in Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Russia, Türkiye, and Ukraine…

Paola Agostini, Eolina Petrova Milova, Sameer Akbar |

The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases is pressuring countries and health systems in the Caribbean at a rate of epidemic proportions.

Lilia Burunciuc, Timothy Antoine |

Cybersecurity is a growing challenge to sustainable economic development. Achieving better cybersecurity and cyber capacity is becoming a growing priority for both developed and developing…

Francesca Spidalieri, Anat Lewin |

This year, the World Food Programme (WFP) estimates that 40 percent of the population – or 2.8 million people - in the English-speaking Caribbean struggle to access adequate food and remain food…

Lilia Burunciuc |

New Evidence from Telephone Surveys Provides Insights for Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake in the Caribbean

Amy Margolies, Jacobus de Hoop, Phillis Kim, Anna Luisa Paffhausen, Laura Di Giorgio |

Learn more about nature-based solutions, like mangroves, and their role in protecting countries and communities from climate change induced risks. Can we help nature bounce back? Realizing the…

Boris van Zanten, Sydney Moss, Brenden Jongman, Mary Ruckelshaus, Adrian Vogl |

Turkey is on a path towards a comprehensive, fully accountable system of public financial management which can help ensure that public resources are used strategically, efficiently and effectively…

Seda Aroymak, Zeynep Lalik |

In Moldova, where there are persistent seismic and flood risks alongside some of the highest poverty rates in Europe, the threat of devastating socioeconomic shocks has loomed large for many years…

Axel Baeumler, Yann Kerblat, Alexei Ionascu |