How we’re fighting conflict and fragility where poverty is deepest

For the first time in history, the number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen below 10%. The world has never been as ambitious about development as it is today. After adopting the…

Sri Mulyani Indrawati |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Agriculture and Food, Governance, Jobs & Development, Poverty

The way out of poverty and corruption is paved with good governance

For the first time in history, the number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen below 10%. The world has never been as ambitious about development as it is today. After adopting the…

Sri Mulyani Indrawati |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Governance, Poverty, Digital Development

Remnants of the Soviet past: Restrictions on women's employment in the Commonwealth of Independent States

My father is a long-distance trucker based in Belarus. As a young girl, I spent long hours on the road with him. I loved traveling to neighboring and faraway cities and—even though I could barely…

Alena Sakhonchik |
Gender, Jobs & Development, Social Protection, Governance, Education