Nationally representative longitudinal surveys – if done well – can positively impact development policies.

Akuffo Amankwah, Darcey Johnson, Josephine Ofori Adofo, Maryam Gul, Rob Swinkels, Amparo Palacios-Lopez |

Tanzania has commendably raised its ambition and the scope of its commitment to expanding access to water supply, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) as seen in its adoption of the Sustainable…

Nathan Belete |

The Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA)’s origin story has its roots in the Nile Basin. On February 22nd (Nile Day), to celebrate the Nile, the world’s longest river which…

Ai-Ju Huang, Shyam KC |

Learn about the importance of incorporating gender pathways into wildlife conservation projects.

Wendy Li, Joni Seager |

The state of education in a country has cascading impacts across multiple facets of development. In line with SDG 4, providing equitable quality education remains a key mission for countries,…

Akuffo Amankwah, Amparo Palacios-Lopez, Maryam Gul |

The widespread availability of free geospatial data has accelerated interest in data fusion. While village-level welfare estimates are key to the design and evaluation of anti-poverty programs,…

Melany Gualavisi, David Newhouse |

One striking statistic puts in context the state of education in Africa today. According to the latest State of Global Education Update, nearly 9 in 10 children in Sub-Saharan Africa are unable to…

Victoria Kwakwa |

Confronted with a set of challenges that is threatening hard-earned development gains, the African continent remains resilient and endowed with rich creativity and innovation that has the…

Victoria Kwakwa |

The World Bank launched the Tanzania Gender Assessment (Kiswahili), Tanzania Gender-Based Violence Assessment (Kiswahili), and a Stakeholder Consultation Report (Kiswahili) earlier this year,…

Gemma Todd, M. Yaa Oppong, Inaam Ul Haq, Helene Carlsson Rex |

This blog is a biweekly feature highlighting recent working papers from around the World Bank Group. It introduces five papers published in August 2022 on various topics, including COVID-19…

Marcelo Buitron, Policy Research Working Paper team |