In a world of climate change and headline-grabbing cyclones, El Niño is one of the most unspoken climate risks in East Asia and the Pacific.

The word "convenience" in the single-use plastics context, needs urgent redefinition, especially in the East Asia region where several countries top the list in terms of plastics leaking…

In the past decade, the GCC countries have made a number of steps towards improving women’s access to education, health care, and employment, as well as encouraging women to participate in…

Central America has great development opportunities that aim at strengthening resilience by managing its current risks

Protecting ASEAN’s impressive gains over the past two decades will require prioritizing investments in people – that is, human capital.

With support from the World Bank’s READ Trust Fund Program, representatives of all ministries of Education of Central America, regional and international specialists and civil society…

A new report focuses on how Southeast Asia can overcome the still very significant barriers to the expansion of its digital economy.