Digital G2P payments offer more than convenience—they offer financial inclusion. Explore how the World Bank's G2Px initiative is transforming recipient experiences globally.

Georgina Marin, Minita Varghese, Ambrose Wong |

Due to climate change, rising temperatures could push 44 million people into extreme poverty by 2030 and cause more than 21 million deaths by 2050, exceeding 13 times the mortality of the COVID-19…

Jeremy Veillard, Gabriel Aguirre Martens, Mikhael Iglesias Luzardo |

In Colombia's Pacifico region, the World Bank has been supporting a diverse range of infrastructure projects, including investments to build new river docks and improve waterway navigation.…

Ellin Ivarsson, Carlos Murgui Maties |

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…

Carolina Mejia-Mantilla |

How can a child learn in a school where the walls are crumbling, and the shelves are barren of books?

Gabriel Demombynes |

In the Philippines, the rise of smart city solutions, backed by initiatives that have been planned and carried out in the Local Government Units, shows a promise for a brighter urban future for…

Sarah Elizabeth Antos, Yimin Zhou |

In seven East Asia and Pacific (EAP) countries, policymakers prioritize secondary school completion over basic learning quality, while underestimating the levels of learning poverty. This…

Noah Yarrow, Rythia Afkar, Paul Cahu, Mary E. Breeding |

Waste amounted to 3.3 percent to global greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, with landfills the primary source. As climate change continues to pose an ever-looming existential threat to the world and…

Ailin Tomio, Kremena M. Ionkova, Silpa Kaza |

Urgent reforms on broadband policy would hasten the digital transformation the Philippines needs to achieve its goal of becoming a prosperous middle-class society by 2040.

Naoto Kanehira, Mitch Abdon, Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos |

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.

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo |