A student leader in her school's anti-violence and coexistence project entering the school's courtyard © Charlotte Kesl / World Bank We live in a world where [[tweetable]]one in…
Available in Chinese Graphic: Nicholas Nam/World Bank The idea that economic growth needs good governance and good governance needs economic growth takes us to a perennial chicken-and-egg debate:…
Global economic growth is accelerating. After registering the slowest pace since the 2007-2009 financial crisis in 2016, global growth is expected to rise to a 2.7 percent pace this year and 2.9…
Entering data. Photo: World Bank In the fiscal transparency arena, people often hear two conflicting claims. First, governments complain that few people take advantage of fiscal information that…
Developing countries made considerable gains during the 2000s, resulting in a large reduction in extreme poverty and a significant expansion of the middle class. More recently that progress has…
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[[tweetable]]What are some of the key issues that will shape global development in 2017?[[/tweetable]] About this series More blog posts From addressing the forced displacement crisis to helping…