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

Resilient transport investments: a climate imperative for Small Island Developing Countries

This blog post was co-authored by Franz Drees-Gross, Director, Transport and ICT Global Practice, and Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Senior Director, Social, Urban, Rural and Resilience Global Practice.…

Franz Drees-Gross, Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez |
Climate Change, Transport, Disaster Risk Management, Environment, Urban Development

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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