Chinese cities host most than 900 million people. How can Chinese cities play a central role in the fight against climate change?
This blog highlights two studies from past World Bank's Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)-supported research that demonstrate the importance of a data-driven and evidence-based approach to…
Fertilizer prices have eased from their early 2022 peaks but they remain at historically elevated levels. The price easing partly reflects weak demand as farmers cut back fertilizer field…
This is the ninth in this year’s series of posts by PhD students on the job market
The World Bank updated its global poverty lines last month and the number of poor is now significantly different in certain countries and regions. For the EAP region, this changes our view of the…
With lessons learned over its two years of operation, the Gap Fund climate initiative aims to expand its technical assistance to as many as 40 new cities in the upcoming year
Since 2013, China has witnessed a marked increase in the number of registered firms, individual businesses, and farmers’ specialized cooperatives. At the end of 2013, China counted 61 million such…
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…
The COVID-19 global pandemic has challenged the world in so many ways. While the race for vaccine development and deployment absorbed much of our attention, extended lockdowns transformed our way…
ecosystems, food systems, East Asia and Pacific, pandemic, climate change, COVID-19