In Malawi, where stunting is as high as 37%, and 10% of the gross domestic product is lost annually due to malnutrition, girls are becoming part of the solution.

Blessings Botha |

This post discusses the advantages of interviewing more than one adult in a household to get different and more nuanced property rights data

Markus Goldstein |

Invoicing currency in developing countries’ imports: Do exchange rates and tariffs affect prices the same way?

Angella Faith Montfaucon |

Women and girls in rural Malawi can experience sudden life changes when road construction crews arrive in their communities. A new World Bank study sheds light on 10 key lessons from the...

Miriam Muller, Ana Luiza Machado, Sevara Melibaeva, Christopher J. De Serio |

Girls and women in poor rural areas of Malawi can experience powerful life disturbances with the sudden influx of (male) road construction crews. A World Bank study finds that development projects...

Miriam Muller, Ana Luiza Machado, Sevara Melibaeva, Christopher J. De Serio |

Smallholder farmers are defying well-established beliefs and proving that commercial agriculture can make Malawi a more prosperous place.

Francisco Obreque |

To address many challenges and optimize opportunities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, UNESCO IHP together with W12+, is investing in better decision making for resilient urban water solutions...

Rene Frank |

Although rates of infection have not been as high as in other regions, the economic consequences of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa have been severe due to the...

Pierella Paci |

Si l’Afrique subsaharienne n’a pas enregistré des taux d’infection au coronavirus (COVID-19) aussi élevés que d’autres régions, les conséquences économiques de la pandémie ont en revanche été...

Pierella Paci |

The Malawi National Statistical Office (NSO), in collaboration with the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS), disseminated the findings from the Fifth Integrated Household Survey...

Wilbert Vundru Drazi, John Ilukor, Talip Kilic, Heather Moylan |