Twenty percent of women in Eastern Europe and 18 percent in Central Asia have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. The multilayered crises of climate, conflict, and the COVID…

To manage its flood risks, Romania, with the support of the World Bank, has developed new Flood Risk Management Plans for its 11 river basins and for the Danube River, in line with the…

With the help of the EU and World Bank, Romania is deploying strategies to reduce growing disparities between urban and rural areas by focusing on disadvantaged students and accelerating learning…

Seven steps towards climate neutrality by 2030, by the World Bank.

Lack of data is one of the most pressing challenges to making progress on preventing and combating GBV through evidence-based policies in Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania.

Flood risks affect almost 2 billion people worldwide, and climate change and unplanned urbanization will further increase these risks. To better manage the risks and build more resilient…

Efforts to commercialize research infrastructure in Romania can unlock underutilized potential, helping underwrite some of the costs of hosting and operating this state-of-the-art equipment and…

The COVID-19 pandemic deepened the economic divide between Bucharest and Romania's rural regions and slammed small business. Investing in transactional technologies like ecommerce platforms…

With one billion, or 15% of the world’s population, experiencing a form of disability, and 80% living in low- and middle-income countries, we must consider the impacts of natural hazards on…

Turkey is on a path towards a comprehensive, fully accountable system of public financial management which can help ensure that public resources are used strategically, efficiently and effectively…