Access to finance is a major, long-standing obstacle faced by micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria. In 2014, only 6.7% of enterprises reported having a loan or active line of…

Sophie Dong, Andrej Popovic, Michael Wong, Michael Fuchs |

In Pakistan, disability can often mean invisibility. In times of crisis, this invisibility can become deadly. The Sindh Flood Emergency Housing Project (SFEHRP), which facilitated community…

Kamil Hamid, Kundan Noor Sheikh |

Growing up after the war, Eleanor faced discrimination and bigotry at every turn. It was difficult to get to school without crutches, and she was bullied because she looked different. But through…

Louise Twining-Ward |

Moussa bought his first SIM card in 2011 to keep in touch with his family Kati, a rural community in Mali. He had moved to Timbuktu, and the mobile phone was his only connection to home. Almost a…

Maimouna Gueye |

COP28 kicks off this week with a growing urgency to increase action and financing to protect people in developing countries from climate extremes. Tune into the World Bank Group’s relevant events…

Sunny Kaplan |

Findings reveal a clear pattern: during 'good' times, inequality, as measured by the Gini index, tends to decrease, while 'bad' times lead to an increase in inequality.

Burcu Hacibedel, Priscilla Muthoora, Pierre Mandon |

Save the Children’s Child Atlas seeks to fill this gap by providing an easy-to-use tool that brings together high-quality, publicly available data on spanning child-related outcomes, risks and…

Oliver Fiala |

One of the least developed countries in the world, Chad’s GDP per capita has contracted since 2015. Its GDP per capita (in constant 2010 US dollars) was $710 in 2019, down significantly from $961…

Fulbert Tchana Tchana, Claudia Noumedem Temgoua |

Cameroon’s 56,000 civil society organizations (CSOs) play a crucial role in Cameroon’s development, working alongside and supporting the government's initiatives when needed in all ten…

Odilia R. Hebga, Issa Bitang A Tiati |

The Latin America and Caribbean region pulsates with youthful potential yet grapples with a formidable challenge - youth unemployment and unskilled labor.

Gioser Marcela Murillo Zúniga, Nelly Amairany Hernández Valdez, Raphael Yolson Louis, Achelis Benjamin Santana Javier |