Today, on the occasion of the World Youth Skills Day , we are pleased to announce the winners of the Blog4Dev 2021 competition.

Aujourd'hui, à l'occasion de la Journée mondiale des compétences des jeunes, nous avons le plaisir d'annoncer les gagnants du concours Blog4Dev 2021.

Many communities across Africa still lack access to an all-weather road. A recent World Bank study shows drones can help fill the gap and deliver essential goods or services to isolated…

A new World Bank Group paper on conflict-induced internal displacement outlines several recommendations for the institution to further step up its support to internally displaced populations and…

Obtaining data on the state of business establishments is a crucial part of building evidence to support economic policy in any country. In a fragile context such as South Sudan’s, this is…

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…

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…

The COVID crisis is impacting migrants, refugees and their families back in their home countries who depend on the money they send to make ends meet, especially for households in countries…

Nyamal, 13 ans, rentre de l’école, toute proche. À peine a-t-elle le temps de souffler que son père l’appelle. Il est avec un autre quinquagénaire, venu d’un village éloigné, qui a l’air surexcité…

Nyamal, 13, returns home from a nearby school in her rural village of Maar. She barely rests when her dad, 50, calls upon her. Another middle-aged man also sits by, excited for one reason or…