With the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), world leaders made a bold pledge in 2015 to leave no one behind on the path of development by 2030. Half-way to the target date, some 22 countries…
In public schools across six countries, approximately 20 percent of teachers were absent on a typical school day, on average. Furthermore, even when present, teachers often did not engage in…
Though the South Asia Region (SAR) contains just eight countries, it accounts for almost a quarter of the world’s population, but it also carries an increasing share of global debt. What's…
Less than half of EU member states that operate passenger railways offer services with commercial speeds over 200km/h. Nearly a third of passenger railway routes in the EU between medium or large…
An International Labor Organization study (ILO, 2019) found that women represent less than 20 percent of the global workforce in the transportation sector. How did the Quito Metro increase women’s…
The invasion—coming at a time of accelerating global inflation and elevated debt—was a tragedy for Ukraine and caused widespread misery elsewhere , especially in developing countries.
Migration of any scale can yield benefits to the host countries by increasing the supply of labor (particularly in sectors where it is scarce), expanding the skills of the workforce, and providing…
Metro Line One in Quito, Ecuador, is a World Bank-supported initiative that’s providing safe, fast, reliable, and clean public transportation.
Technical education offers a powerful educational alternative as it can provide practical knowledge in a short time and link students with the productive sector more easily, thus contributing to…
Facing the biggest education crisis in a century, commitments to improve must become a reality urgently if children are to gain the future they deserve in Latin America and the Caribbean.