'Project Greenback 2.0 – Remittance Champion Cities' Launched in Turin, Italy

"Project Greenback 2.0 – Remittance Champion Cities" was launched on October 29 in Turin, Italy. A team from the World Bank's service line on Financial Infrastructure, hosting the…

Massimo Cirasino, Marco Nicoli |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Governance, Competitiveness

MENA Social Safety Nets virtual community expands in Kuwait

        “This is the first time when I left a conference that I really felt like we were a family. Already people have sent emails to continue the discussions we had. Some of the participants have…

Lillian Frost |
Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Governance, Jobs & Development, Social Protection, Social Sustainability and Inclusion

Blood pressures boiling in MENA

        Blood pressures are rising in the Middle East and North Africa and they show little sign of cooling down. They began simmering over shishas in el kahawi (coffeehouses) in Tahrir Square,…

Aakanksha H Pande |
Disaster Risk Management, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Education, Health, Governance