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…

Carolina Mejia-Mantilla |

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. Rapid increase in defaults poses a threat to financial stability of the two economies. From a social standpoint, excessive debt can decrease households’ disposable…

Fernando Dancausa, Martin Melecky |

Facing the biggest education crisis in a century, commitments to improve must become a reality urgently if children are to gain the future they deserve in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Carlos Felipe Jaramillo |

Are climate change adaptation efforts inclusive of persons with disabilities? A World Bank team draws on original fieldwork and interviews in Uzbekistan to document a range of social…

Adam Auerbach, Audrey Sacks, Dilmurad Yusupov |

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 |

Heading into COP28, the World Bank Group’s vision for a livable planet supported by climate-resilient infrastructure takes on urgency. PPPs accelerate sustainable infrastructure by allowing…

Emmanuel Nyirinkindi |

People’s ability to afford electricity to light their homes or power their domestic appliances, pay for gas to cook or heat their homes, or buy fuel to run their businesses has been a concern for…

Defne Gencer |

Clean hydrogen, including green hydrogen, is a building block for the energy transition. It can potentially eliminate the world's reliance on fossil fuels, especially in hard-to-abate sectors…

Marcela Silva |

There is a crucial distinction between fossil fuel and electricity prices. Electric price increases correlate negatively with firm-level productivity.

Arti Grover, Juergen Amann |

The LGBTI community in Latin America and the Caribbean, as in many other regions, faces numerous challenges that impede its socioeconomic inclusion.

Ayat Soliman, Julia Braunmiller, Phoebe Ishak |