Trade barriers can affect employment outcomes of men and women differently, particularly in countries where working men and women are concentrated in different sectors. A new World Bank study from…

Gayatri Koolwal, Bernard Haven |

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…

Samuel Kofi Tetteh Baah, Christoph Lakner, Umar Serajuddin |

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…

Prateek Samal, Anthony Tin Yu To |

Economic gender-disaggregated data reveals inequalities between women and men, helping us to get a clearer picture of the challenges and disadvantages that women face at work. Learn more about the…

Ayago Wambile, Anna Tabitha Bonfert, Alina Kalle, Heather Moylan, Miriam Muller |

Achieving universal early warning system access is challenging, particularly in regions affected by fragility, conflict and violence, where financial and human resources are scarce, and where…

Lara Loussert, Karima Ben Bih, Vladimir Tsirkunov, Anna-Maria Bogdanova |

In Haiti, violence against women is rising, driven by the recent proliferation of gang attacks, kidnappings, and political and economic upheaval.

Bruce MacPhail |

The labor market for Bangladeshi youth presents a growing challenge amidst demographic pressures and a need for creating more and better jobs. While informal sector creates significant jobs, the…

Nicole Klingen |

The Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership, a World Bank-Japan initiative providing grant support for incorporating the G20 QII Principles, kick-starts infrastructure investments…

Naomitsu Nakagawa |

After struggling to recover from the shocks of the 2010 earthquake and Hurricane Matthew in 2016, Haiti’s economic development continues to be hampered by political instability, institutional…

Ivy Kuperberg, Christian Zeballos |

Spanning across the border between Bangladesh and India, there exists the Sundarban. With 10,000 square kilometers, it is the largest single track of mangrove forest remaining in the world.

Patrick Smytzek, Bushra Nishat |