The digital disconnect of informal businesses

informal business digital

Asif Islam, Filip Jolevski |
Competitiveness, Digital Development, Financial Inclusion, Jobs & Development

Better bang for the ruble in Belarus: The infrastructure prioritization exercise

The problem of too many infrastructure investment proposals for too few funds keeps so many policymakers up at night that it would take a whole series of blogs to discuss the range of tools that...

Iuliia Zemlytska |
Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Competitiveness, Digital Development, Governance

Blended finance unlocks the keys to affordable housing across west Africa

Houses under construction. © John Hogg/World Bank [[tweetable]]Affordable housing is a major challenge across West Africa, where fewer than 7 percent of households can afford to buy their own home...

Martin Spicer |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Urban Development, Competitiveness

Policy hackathon explained: How an all-society approach can engage entrepreneurs and governments to develop better policy in West Africa

Also available in: Français Brainstorming session at the Bamako Policy Hackathon. Photo: World Bank What would happen if you put all the relevant players for the entrepreneurial ecosystem —...

Alexandre Laure, Jon Stever |
Competitiveness, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector