What are the key areas for resilience in Central America?

Central America has great development opportunities that aim at strengthening resilience by managing its current risks

Haris Sanahuja |
Disaster Risk Management, Regional Integration

Toward safer, cleaner, and more convenient public transport in Central Asian cities

Yi Yang |
Transport, Urban Development

World Refugee Day 2019: Building a stronger international response to the challenge of forced displacement

Kristalina Georgieva |
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Social Development, Social Protection

Turkey’s safety net for refugees: The largest humanitarian cash assistance program in the world

Turkey is home to the largest number of refugees in the world. It hosts nearly 4 million refugees, of which about 3.6 million originate from Syria.

P. Facundo Cuevas, Aysha Twose |
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Fragility Conflict and Violence, Social Development, Social Protection

Together we can beat marine pollution in the Caribbean

Hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic remain uncollected on Caribbean islands each year and voluminous waves of plastic waste wash up on the shores, especially after severe storms.

Karin Erika Kemper, Tahseen Sayed |
Climate Change, Environment

How countries and communities are taking on gender-based violence

The stat is appalling: [[tweetable]]1 in 3 women worldwide have or will experience intimate partner violence or non-partner sexual violence in their lifetime.[[/tweetable]] Although it may take…

Sweta Shrestha, Ram Devineni, Isabel Santagostino, Margarita Puerto, Rocio Calidonio |
Education, Gender, Governance, Poverty, Social Development

A good diagnosis for the city economy?

One walks into a doctor’s office knowing what hurts but with little knowledge of what should be done to fix it. Identifying proper treatment requires sophisticated tests, participation of experts…

Dmitry Sivaev |
Competitiveness, Urban Development, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Governance