The Transforming Landscapes for Resilience and Development Project (TRALARD) is supporting the sustainable use of natural resources to improve livelihoods of targeted communities in Zambia, and we…

Ngao Mubanga, Valerie Hickey |

Extreme weather events and climate risks further threaten northern Central America family farmers. Hydrometeorological hazards, such as excessive rainfall and droughts, are increasing in severity…

Douglas Randall, Pablo Valdivia Zelaya |

Trade barriers can affect employment outcomes of men and women differently, particularly in countries where working men and women are concentrated in different sectors. A new World Bank study from…

Gayatri Koolwal, Bernard Haven |

The World Bank’s beverage price index reached a 13-year high in January 2024 (m/m), driven by surging prices of cocoa and Robusta coffee. The index, which averaged slightly higher in 2023 compared…

John Baffes, Kaltrina Temaj |

The Pink Sheet is a monthly report from the World Bank that monitors commodity price movements. Energy prices increased 1.1% in February, led by oil (+3.7%), the World Bank's Pink Sheet…

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |

Despite a steady increase in Albania's agricultural output over the past several decades, the country continues to trail behind its neighbors. The seemingly obvious obstacles preventing…

Fernando Blanco, Laureta Qorlazja |

The World Bank’s Agriculture Raw Material Price Index increased marginally in January 2024 (m/m), after sliding 1 percent in 2023Q4, in response to small gains in cotton and natural rubber prices…

John Baffes, Jeetendra Khadan, Kaltrina Temaj |

The invasion—coming at a time of accelerating global inflation and elevated debt—was a tragedy for Ukraine and caused widespread misery elsewhere , especially in developing countries.

Daria Ulybina, Cordula Rastogi |

The case for agrifood system transformation is clear. The blog discusses seven relevant financing sources that could be tapped into to move to a global agrifood system that, besides being…

Martien van Nieuwkoop |

Energy prices increased 1.6% in January, led by natural gas U.S. (+25.9%) and oil (+2.6%), the World Bank's Pink Sheet reported. Non-energy prices eased by 0.7%.

John Baffes, Maria Hazel Macadangdang |