The world is urbanizing at an unprecedented speed and scale, with more than half the global population living in cities today… rising to nearly 7 out of 10 people in cities by 2050.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic remain uncollected on Caribbean islands each year and voluminous waves of plastic waste wash up on the shores, especially after severe storms.
Hoy en día son cientos de miles las toneladas de plástico que cada año quedan sin recoger en las islas del Caribe, mientras grandes olas de desechos plásticos llegan a sus costas, sobre todo luego…
A massive storm system brought historic flooding across South Eastern Europe in 2014, causing more than $2 billion in damages in Bosnia and Herzegovina and shrinking Serbia’s economy by nearly a…
I had the privilege recently to spend an unscheduled hour of discussion with a group of young Tunisians who were visiting our offices. As often, on these occasions it is hard not to get captured…
حالفني الحظ بقضاء ساعة في نقاش لم يكن مخططا له مع مجموعة من الشباب التونسي الذين كانوا يزورون مكاتبنا. وكما هو الحال في كثير من هذه المناسبات، من الصعب ألا يعجب المرء بمستوى الطاقة والحماس اللتين…
This blog post was co-authored by Franz Drees-Gross, Director, Transport and ICT Global Practice, and Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice.…
Photo: SkyPics Studio/Shutterstock L’économie collaborative reste un domaine peu documenté mais une étude récente fait état de l’augmentation spectaculaire du chiffre d’affaires réalisé par Uber,…
Foto: SkyPics Studio/Shutterstock También disponible en: English La información sobre la economía colaborativa (Uber, Airbnb y otros ejemplos) es escasa, pero en un último estudio se estima que el…
Across the Europe and Central Asia region today, policymakers are confronted daily with a wide range of development challenges and decisions, but the potential impacts of adverse natural events…