Building numerous reading centers across Malawi strengthens children's learning.

Grace Erika Meki Jumah |

Firewood on bicycles as primary mode of reaching markets, Malawi. © Dejere/Shutterstock.com The jeep came to an abrupt halt, a few miles before we reached Lengwe National Park. I saw the Forest…

Hasita Bhammar |

© Dasan Bobo/World Bank [[tweetable]]Agriculture is critical to some of Africa’s biggest development goals[[/tweetable]]. The sector is an engine of job creation: [[tweetable]]Farming alone…

Simeon Ehui |

© Center for Conservation and Research, Sri Lanka The members of the community in the Bulugolla village in Sri Lanka breathed a sigh of relief. It was the month of October and the rice harvest had…

Hasita Bhammar |

Registered nurses look after newborns at a maternity hospital in Freetown Sierra Leone. © Dominic Chavez/World Bank Last week on World Population Day, I was thinking of the joy of children and the…

Kristalina Georgieva |

Over the past decade, commitments and support for Forest Landscape Restoration have grown significantly. As part of the Bonn Challenge, for instance, some 40 countries, sub-national jurisdictions…

Werner Kornexl |

As a country that is particularly vulnerable to flooding, Malawians know that they cannot halt the forces of nature, but they can prepare and plan for their impacts – and they did. Supported by…

Vivien Deparday |

About this series More blog posts Every 2 to 7 years, the cyclical warming of Pacific Ocean waters triggers a global pattern of weather changes that can be felt across many different parts of the…

Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez, Christoph Pusch |

Specialists in Sri Lanka receive training on the InaSafe risk assessment platform. © World Bank ​​When I first heard about OpenStreetMap (OSM) – the so called Wikipedia of maps, built by…

Alanna Simpson |