The Quality Infrastructure Investment (QII) Partnership, a World Bank-Japan initiative providing grant support for incorporating the G20 QII Principles, kick-starts infrastructure investments…

Naomitsu Nakagawa |

Heading into COP28, the World Bank Group’s vision for a livable planet supported by climate-resilient infrastructure takes on urgency. PPPs accelerate sustainable infrastructure by allowing…

Emmanuel Nyirinkindi |

Climate change is an existential threat for Pacific Island countries that can lead to the risk of displacement and migration for families and communities across the region.

Rebekah Ramsay, Lachlan McDonald, John Cox |

The World Bank is creating opportunities to engage youth to tap their energy and out-of-the-box thinking through the Ideathon 4 Climate

Raghava Neti, Shona Fitzgerald, Christian Holde Severin, Fernando Armendaris Puente, Lala Fabella |

The rising prevalence of non-communicable diseases is pressuring countries and health systems in the Caribbean at a rate of epidemic proportions.

Lilia Burunciuc, Timothy Antoine |

Within Pacific communities, vulnerability from climate impacts is also not evenly distributed, with the poorest and most vulnerable, including women, often bearing the most significant burden.

Abidah B. Setyowati, Lachlan McDonald, John Cox |

The World Bank and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade are working together to make a sustainable impact in the Pacific region’s water sector.

Saroj Kumar Jha, Benoît Bosquet |

Several prefabricated modular bridges are being built in Solomon Islands, an island nation vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. The approach and lessons learned from a study and…

Naoki Kakuta, Dung Anh Hoang |

With extensive coastlines, many island nations, and low-lying territories, the East Asia and Pacific region is highly susceptible to climate-related disasters. The region has developing and…

Abidah B. Setyowati, Susan Shen |

New Evidence from Telephone Surveys Provides Insights for Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance and Uptake in the Caribbean

Amy Margolies, Jacobus de Hoop, Phillis Kim, Anna Luisa Paffhausen, Laura Di Giorgio |