Announcing Funding for 12 Development Data Innovation Projects

We’re pleased to announce support for 12 projects which seek to improve the way development data are produced, managed, and used. They bring together diverse teams of collaborators from around the…

World Bank Data Team |
Agriculture and Food, Climate Change, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Disaster Risk Management, Energy

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Also available in: Français | العربية   A boat trip from Port Elizabeth to Kingstown, in the Caribbean country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is a one-hour trip that locals take several…

Valerie Lorena |
Education, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Gender, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management

Notes From the Field: Taking On Politics, Shifting Paradigms

Editor's Note: "Notes From the Field" is an occasional feature where we let World Bank professionals conducting interesting trade-related projects around the globe explain some of…

Miles McKenna |
Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Jobs & Development, Social Protection, Trade

A Little Less Conversation, A Little More Action on Oceans

Read this post in Français, Español Taina Tagicakibau, permanent secretary for Fiji’s Environment Department, reaches out to a public audience during Rio +20 to explain the need for action to…

Rachel Kyte |
Agriculture and Food, Environment, Education, Health, Urban Development

Bright idea: A carbon efficient way to light the world

Students in Africa study with an LED lantern.

Florian Kitt |
Climate Change, Energy, Environment