Environment

Integrating Gender into Environment Projects in Fragile and Conflict Settings

There is growing recognition that natural resource exploitation and environmental pressures can fuel violent conflict. Compounding this threat, situations of conflict and environmental stress also…

Agathe Christien, Phoebe Spencer|
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Environment

Inclusive and resilient cities for a better future in Latin America

Cities concentrate the causes and impacts of climate change and are central to any broad effort to reduce it. We want to share some challenges we face in cities in Latin America and the Caribbean…

David Sislen, Giuliana De Mendiola, Carina Lakovits|
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Poverty, Urban Development

“Greening” the capital markets

Social bond issuance jumped sevenfold in 2020, primarily targeting health care, education, and small and medium enterprises. Despite this significant growth, sovereign green, social, and…

Valentina Saltane|
Climate Change, Debt, Energy, Environment, Extractive Industries, Financial Sector, Governance, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management

How Niger’s safety net helps its most vulnerable citizens thrive amid crises

Nearly every country around the world is grappling with more than one crisis: the still-simmering pandemic and continued vulnerability to future health emergencies; historic spikes in food…

Mamta Murthi, Mahamadou Ouhoumoudou|
Climate Change, Environment, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Inequality and Shared Prosperity, Jobs & Development, Poverty, Social Protection

The 2022 IMF-World Bank Group Annual Meetings: Unity in a time of crises

The 2022 IMF/World Bank Group Annual Meetings: Unity in a time of crises

John Mackedon|
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Debt, Education, Environment, Financial Sector, Health, Nutrition, Poverty
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