From “raw” to “finished”: secured revolving line of credit can axe the SME’s finance challenge

The secured revolving line of credit (SLOC) product is particularly well suited for SME financing.

Pratibha Chhabra |
Financial Sector

Burkina Faso reclaims landscapes and livelihoods

Maria Sarraf |
Environment

Girls enrolled in school are less likely to become pregnant as teenagers

Divyanshi Wadhwa |
Education, Gender

Minding the gender gap in training in Sub-Saharan Africa: Five things to know

In Africa, young women are over 1.5 times less likely than young men to be formally employed or undergoing education or training

Indhira Santos, Eliana Rubiano-Matulevich |
Gender

Harmonized learning outcomes: transforming learning assessment data into national education policy reforms

Harry A. Patrinos, Noam Angrist |
Education

Getting funds to workers on front line is critical to ending the Ebola outbreak

In the last few weeks, the latest Ebola crisis has reached a tipping point. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on July 17, and the…

David Malpass |
Health

Disruptive Agriculture Technology Moonshot—Ready for Lift Off in Sub-Saharan Africa?

Can Africa feed Africa? This question is frequently asked, especially when there are 256 million people (1 in 5) in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) who are critically undernourished.

Dina Umali-Deininger, Jeehye Kim |
Agriculture and Food

Hepatitis cases decline but remain a global problem

Laura A. Ruiz-Gaona |
Health

Rethinking Electrification in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why We Should Stop Counting Household Access and Start Thinking Big

Moussa Blimpo |
Energy

What is the contribution of the mining sector to Southern African economies?

The development of many Southern African countries is inextricably linked to the mining sector. Yet the history of mining in Southern Africa, a region marked with high levels of inequality, is…

Marek Hanusch, Gracelin Baskaran |
Extractive Industries