The world’s 28 poorest countries are facing growing social, economic, and political distress, owing to rising debt burdens, diminishing development prospects, and chronic underinvestment. The…

Indermit Gill, M. Ayhan Kose |

Classrooms turned into browser tabs, homework notebooks turned into Word documents, and lunchbreaks disappeared. Covid-19 reared its ugly head, and my school shut down. Students lost valuable…

Chinmayee Bhattacharjee |

Nigeria’s problems with infrastructure have created a gap in learning in many students like myself, a global phenomenon further exacerbated by the lack of access to consistent electricity.…

Xara Orji |

We asked high schoolers aged 16 to 19 from around the world to provide their insights on learning after three years of the global pandemic in up to 500 words in English, French, Spanish, or Arabic…

Iona Lee |

Who is responsible for learning losses from COVID-19? Is it the Kazakhstani government who failed to provide internet to remote areas of the country within the first months of the pandemic?

Aizhan Karpykova |

The Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi represented a unique opportunity to promote concrete solutions and propose a new “fit for climate” global financial architecture to address the climate crisis…

Ken Ofori-Atta, Axel van Trotsenburg |

The implementation of small dams, for flood control, aquifer recharge, farm level irrigation projects and hydro-electric capabilities, would be appropriate technology for funding by the World Bank…

Mustapha Olawuni, Matthew W. Blair, Arlene Nicholas-Phillips |

Since we can’t have a world without poverty in a world with dirty air, there are three key considerations we can’t forget.

Valerie Hickey |

Social protection for gig workers is crucial. As outlined in the World Bank’s Social Protection Compass, governments should pursue innovative ways to extend coverage to informal workers and the…

Iffath Sharif, Christine Zhenwei Qiang |

Sub-Saharan Africa has ground to cover to realize universal energy access and the potential of its youth. About half of Africans have electricity, while millions live beyond national grids. But…

Axel van Trotsenburg |