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…
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…
Primary Health Care (PHC) is an efficient and equitable way of managing public health and individual care in health systems. Although there are still challenges in Colombia, there are also PHC…
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,…
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…
Having access to a home is one of the major challenges to reduce poverty and protect people’s safety and quality of life. In Colombia, around 3.7 million households (more than a quarter of the…
Despite progress toward more comprehensive SPL systems, many Central Americans had limited pre-pandemic access to vital programs to help them cope with crises, find jobs, invest in the health and…
In 2020, 48.7% of the 16.2 million emigrants from Central America and Mexico were women. The migration phenomenon in Central America particularly affects women and girls, who face challenges at…
The World Bank is working with Colombia to boost investment into rural roads and water transport in some of the country's most isolated regions. The objective? Connect more people to…
With the reduction in health budgets following the response to the COVID-19 crisis, Latin American and Caribbean countries must prioritize spending on high-yield resilience.