Cambodia has made remarkable development progress over the past decades through rapid economic growth, averaging over seven percent per year in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic and lifting…

Sebastian Eckardt, Faya Hayati |

The NewIBNET, an online platform that allows water and sanitation utilities to track their performances and compare results to peers, is sponsoring a competition: The “Learn in Kigali” initiative…

Marco Antonio Aguero |

As the climate crisis continues to exacerbate water insecurity, unconventional water resources can work in tandem with other solutions to bolster water security and climate adaptation.

Saroj Kumar Jha |

While PPPs provide an important tool for governments, they are sensitive to economic ups and downs. A new World Bank study shows a sound and practical Fiscal Commitment and Contingent Liabilities…

Marcel van den Broek, Hulya Pasaogullari, Mikel Tejada Ibañez, Elena Timusheva |

While infrastructure has been perceived as gender-neutral, it can be deeply exclusionary if masculine sensibilities solely determine the design. How can private investors incentivize gender…

Luciana Guimaraes Drummond e Silva |

Against a tight deadline at the end of 2021, IFC’s regional PPP transaction advisory team got stakeholders to sign off on a restructured PPP for the Prince Mohammad Bin Abdulaziz Int’l Airport,…

Muneer Ferozie |

Türkiye provides a great example of how a modern ecosystem for social assistance payment delivery is essential to building back better and creating a resilient society.   

Ahmet Fatih Ortakaya, Oya Ardic, Minita Varghese |

The World Bank’s strong partnership with Cambodia supports the country’s strategic goals of maintaining its robust economic growth record, improving access to and quality of public services,…

Phaloeuk Kong |

Adopting best-practice building techniques can have a tremendous impact on global warming. Developers can make improvements in two areas.

Ismail Radwan |

About 35 percent of the world’s population live in 60 upper-middle income countries. Chasing economic growth, many of these countries invest heavily in transport infrastructure. Here's an…

Kerem Cosar, Banu Demir, Devaki Ghose, Nathaniel Young |