Fatuma was married at age 15 and had her first child, Hadija, after a year, causing her to drop out of school and start working as a farm laborer. The Fee Free Basic Education Policy was a…

Nathan Belete |

The Transforming Landscapes for Resilience and Development Project (TRALARD) is supporting the sustainable use of natural resources to improve livelihoods of targeted communities in Zambia, and we…

Ngao Mubanga, Valerie Hickey |

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 |

When conflicts end, the tragic impact of lives lost, damages, and the countless needs of people left in its wake are overwhelmingly visible. There are also other long-lasting and damaging…

A.S. Harinath, Ahmed Ali |

Lately, Brazil advanced critical reforms such an overhaul of the tax system and assumed its global leadership role on the green agenda, which are great news. However, there are also concerning…

Marek Hanusch, Matteo Morgandi, Cornelius Fleischhaker, Gabriel Zaourak |

Urban transport is a major driver of global CO2 emissions, and, without strong mitigation strategies, its contribution is likely to increase with the rapid urbanization occurring in developing…

Paolo Avner, Andrew Nell, Daniel Herszenhut |

How are sectoral employment shifts helping to reduce poverty in Tanzania? New research from the World Bank responds to this question by analyzing data from the National Panel Survey (NPS), a…

Akuffo Amankwah, Richmond Atta-Ankomah, Rob Swinkels |

Early childhood education lays the foundation for a child's lifelong learning journey and is vital to fostering their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Investing in Early…

Gemma Todd, Magreth Paul Mziray |

The new PISA results provide a glance at what adolescents in Latin America and the Caribbean know and can do in mathematics, reading, and science, as well as additional information about school…

Jaime Saavedra, Ferdinando Regalia |

Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pervasive global health crisis; one in three women worldwide experience GBV in their lifetime – and key vulnerable groups, such as female sex workers, are…

Rebecca Hémono, Marianna Balampama, Damien de Walque, William H. Dow |