Th Country Liaison Officer for the World Bank in Kiribati has coordinated large investments, including establishing permanent access to fresh water and creating infrastructure to accelerate...

Yasmin Poole |

Blog featuring female leaders across the Pacific for the World Bank Pacific’s 2021 International Women’s Day campaign.

Yasmin Poole |

A new paper, How could the Pacific restore international travel after COVID?, highlights the benefits of a phased approach to opening up the Pacific, alongside the potential pitfalls, and less...

Andrew Blackman, Hamish Wyatt |

Hear from Sofia Bettencourt, former Lead Adaptation Specialist for GFDRR, whose work has spanned participatory planning, institutional development, adaptation mainstreaming and coastal adaptation...

Sofia Bettencourt |

GWSP: Big ideas for small islands

Stephane Dahan |

Di antara 29 negara dan ekonomi kawasan Asia Timur dan Pasifik, kita bisa menemukan beberapa sistem pendidikan paling sukses di dunia. Tujuh dari sepuluh pencetak rata-rata nilai tertinggi pada...

Michael Crawford |

Among the 29 countries and economies of the East Asia and Pacific region, one finds some of the world’s most successful education systems. Seven out of the top 10 highest average scorers on...

Michael Crawford |

Students at Beijing Bayi High School in China. Photo: World Bank In 1950, the average working-age person in the world had  almost three years of education, but in East Asia and Pacific (EAP), the...

Michael Crawford |

New Zealand has a long history of supporting its close neighbors in the Pacific, both in times of disaster and emergencies, and to help improve the lives of many thousands across the region. On...

Kara Mouyis |

Most of us are familiar with Benjamin Franklin’s observation that “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”  For many of us, we could also add physical disability...

Chris Bennett |