Universal health coverage and health resilience must advance equality and inclusion and meet the needs of all people.

Lucas de Toca, Ronald Upenyu Mutasa |

Africa is not on track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty. While many countries were successful in reducing poverty during the years before the pandemic,…

Camilla Holmemo, Christian Bodewig, Robert S. Chase, Suleiman Namara |

Being born a woman in Benin doesn’t come with the same opportunities as being born a man. Being born a rural woman limits one’s prospects even further. The Country Gender Assessment presents a…

Miriam Muller, Felicien D. Accrombessy |

The World Bank’s strong partnership with Cambodia supports the country’s strategic goals of maintaining its robust economic growth record, improving access to and quality of public services,…

Phaloeuk Kong |

The Russian invasion of Ukraine threatens the uneven recovery of East Asia and Pacific. The invasion comes on top of the economic distress caused by the lingering COVID-19 pandemic, the financial…

Aaditya Mattoo, Ekaterine T. Vashakmadze, Ergys Islamaj |

Cambodia has been implementing a human capacity building project supported by the World Bank, the German Development Bank KfW, and other development partners, to improve the quality of education…

Ziauddin Hyder |

The Cambodia Health Financing System Assessment (HFSA), seeks to provide an in-depth assessment of critical interventions covering maternal, neonatal, and child health designed to close equity…

Emiko Masaki, Ziauddin Hyder, Meriem Boudjadja |

Cambodia has achieved significant economic growth and secured key health indicators since 1980—when it was left with only 50 doctors. The country is climbing steadily toward obtaining universal…

Ziauddin Hyder, Nareth Ly |

As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2021, we are about a year into an unprecedented health and economic crisis that has destroyed lives and livelihoods globally and in the East Asia and…

Victoria Kwakwa |

From public transit quality to land use patterns, there are many factors that may impact people's ability to access essential services like healthcare or education. A new World Bank study…

Aiga Stokenberga, Karla Dominguez Gonzalez |