Six years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, among other countries, are still recovering from the impact of two of the deadliest hydrometeorological events in…

Francesco Varotto, Clara Ariza, Roberto Mendez, Naraya Carrasco, Suranga Kahandawa |

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 |

Across the Caribbean, farmers are worried about improving their production, and food shoppers are worried about the high cost of food prices. While international food prices have decreased…

Diego Arias, Melissa Brown, Eva Hasiner |

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 |

The World Bank supports cybersecurity skills development initiatives in developing countries to help close the cybersecurity skills gap and enhance cyber resilience as a catalyst for socio-…

Ghislain de Salins, Anat Lewin |

São Paulo is the economic powerhouse of Brazil. With a metropolitan population of over 22 million people, it is also the largest city in the Southern hemisphere. But for low-income populations or…

Carlos Bellas Lamas |

Over the past decade, Namibia has built an efficient and accessible home-grown identity management system and achieved near-universal birth and death registration coverage (88% and 94%,…

Ibrahim Elghandour |

A recent World Bank note sheds light on property ownership and taxation patterns in São Paulo, Brazil, and provides valuable evidence of the persistent disparities that women face in owning…

Thiago Scot, Tatiana Flores, Davi Moura, Javier Feinmann, Roberto Hsu Rocha |

Considering the global demographic shifts we are seeing and how quickly our everyday lives are moving online, it’s crucial to equip seniors with the skills to connect in a safe and meaningful way…

Niccolò Comini |