Health

Supporting a Breath of Fresh Air for Lagos

Chsimdi Chukwu, a 24-year-old woman from Lagos, collects and sells plastics for a living in Olusosun, a local dumpsite roughly the size of 60 soccer fields. She is exposed to the city’s heavy…

Joseph Ese Akpokodje, Dr. Mofoluso A. Fagbeja|
Environment, Health, Urban Development

Policy Research Working Paper series publication roundup for August 2022

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in August 2022 on various topics, including COVID-19…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team|
Climate Change, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Gender, Governance, Health, Jobs & Development, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Poverty

Smarter taxation can help boost government revenue and health outcomes

Taxing goods, such as tobacco, alcohol, and sugar-sweetened beverages that cause health-related problems and generate harm to individuals as well as to society at large can reduce consumption of…

Marcello Estevão|
Debt, Health, Nutrition

Top 5 Most Viewed Health Blogs

As we take a short editorial break for the summer, we looked back at our most viewed blogs on Investing in Health. From addressing vaccine hesitancy to supporting the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in…

Christina Nelson|
Health

Public-private collaboration facilitates the import of vaccines in Tonga

The World Bank Group’s earlier resilience projects and recent support to Tonga’s emergency response and recovery efforts – including a development policy loan of over US$18M – have been vital in…

Alina Monica Antoci|
Competitiveness, Disaster Risk Management, Health, Trade
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