This blog post was co-authored by Franz Drees-Gross, Director, Transport and ICT Global Practice, and Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice.…
[[tweetable]]When it comes to responding to disasters, time is of the essence.[[/tweetable]] Help needs to come immediately to save lives; recovery and reconstruction have to start swiftly to…
Photo: SkyPics Studio/Shutterstock L’économie collaborative reste un domaine peu documenté mais une étude récente fait état de l’augmentation spectaculaire du chiffre d’affaires réalisé par Uber,…
Foto: SkyPics Studio/Shutterstock También disponible en: English La información sobre la economía colaborativa (Uber, Airbnb y otros ejemplos) es escasa, pero en un último estudio se estima que el…
Photo: SkyPics Studio/Shutterstock Data on the sharing economy (Uber, Airbnb and so on) are scarce, but a recent study estimates that the revenue growth of these platforms has been dramatic. In…
A sea turtle rests on a rock in Guinea-Bissau. Photo credit: IBAP In Ghana, coastal erosion and rising seas are burying some seaside villages, like Fuveme, which is now completely under sand. As…
Students at Beijing Bayi High School in China. Photo: World Bank In 1950, the average working-age person in the world had almost three years of education, but in East Asia and Pacific (EAP), the…
Au Togo, l’érosion du littoral menace les habitations et les moyens de subsistance. Crédit photo : Eric Kaglan, Banque mondiale Au Togo, les familles placent souvent des talismans à l’extérieur de…
Coastal erosion is threatening homes and livelihoods in Togo. Photo by: Eric Kaglan, World Bank Togolese families often place talismans, thought to contain magical or spiritual properties,…