While women's entry into employment strengthens their bargaining position within the home, the impact of career advancement on their decision-making power remains puzzling. This paper…

Hannah Uckat |

Economic policies over past years and decades have had negative impacts on living standards, the private sector and the environment, driving a deep crisis that is hitting ordinary Pakistanis…

Tobias Haque |

Good teachers are the most important driver of learning. Through the GALOP project, Ghana is empowering teachers with a structured program, providing them with lesson plans, learning materials,…

Anna Bjerde |

A recent World Bank note sheds light on property ownership and taxation patterns in São Paulo, Brazil, and provides valuable evidence of the persistent disparities that women face in owning…

Thiago Scot, Tatiana Flores, Davi Moura, Javier Feinmann, Roberto Hsu Rocha |

The II National Short Story Contest "My Soul Has No Color" is a World Bank initiative to promote new and safe spaces for debate on racism.

Ericka Nogales |

An overwhelming 40 percent of the total solid waste found in the Indus River and along its banks is plastic.

Rahat Jabeen, Mahwish Bukhari |

Since 2020, the Cooperation in International Waters in Africa (CIWA) Partnership has scaled up its efforts to promote gender equality through high-impact, targeted initiatives to tackle gender…

Ai-Ju Huang, Ellen Hagerman |

Having access to a home is one of the major challenges to reduce poverty and protect people’s safety and quality of life. In Colombia, around 3.7 million households (more than a quarter of the…

Laura Rojas, Vanessa Alexandra Velasco Bernal, André Herzog |

Higher ethnic fractionalization may harm only the relatively small firms while benefitting the relatively large ones or leaving them unaffected. Our latest blog shed light on implications for…

Maria Xafa, Mohammad Amin |

A more stable, equitable, and sustainable food system is needed to connect the world’s 600 million farms with its 8 billion consumers, and capitalize on the ability to both feed the hungry while…

Juergen Voegele |