Protecting ASEAN’s impressive gains over the past two decades will require prioritizing investments in people – that is, human capital.
Here are 7 things you need to know about taxing sugar-sweetened beverages.
East Asia Pacific’s (EAP) strong economic performance over the past few decades has significantly benefited and empowered women in the region, bringing better health and education and greater…
Las imágenes que se ven en todo el mundo son ahora sinónimos del ébola: profesionales de la salud con sus trajes de protección, desinfectando instalaciones acordonadas con redes de color naranja,…
D’après l’édition 2018 de la série de données #ID4D du Groupe de la Banque mondiale, un milliard d’individus dans le monde ne peuvent pas justifier de leur identité. Concrètement, cela signifie qu…
Photo: © Dini Sari Djalal/World Bank In the infrastructure domain, “price” is a prism with many façades. An infrastructure economist sees price in graphic terms: the coordinates of a point where…
Disasters hit the poorest the hardest. Poor people are not only more vulnerable to climate-related shocks, but they also have fewer resources to prevent, cope with, and adapt to disasters. The…
When Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Mission in 2014, it marked the beginning of the world’s largest ever sanitation drive. Now, a 2017 survey by the Quality Council of…
El 17 de mayo es el Día Internacional contra la Homofobia y la Transfobia (IDAHOT, por sus siglas en inglés). ¿Por qué debería importarnos el IDAHOT? Porque la orientación sexual e identidad de…
Le 17 mai est l'occasion de célébrer la Journée internationale contre l’homophobie et la transphobie. Pourquoi s’intéresser à cette journée ? Parce que les questions d'orientation…