Jobs & Development
The nine charts in this Commodity Markets Outlook highlight commodity price developments with a focus on oil prices, natural gas purchases, fertilizer affordability, food prices, and precious…
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…
Digital technologies offer new avenues for economic growth in Africa by accelerating job creation, supporting access to public services and increasing productivity and innovation. However, major…
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…
The World Bank is working resolutely with the countries of the region to identify programs and projects that curb poverty, address vulnerability, and reduce inequality in this more difficult…
