To address increasing climate impacts, the Western Balkans must tackle the four major challenges that have continued to affect the farming communities.

When NASA teamed up with Harvard University in 2010 to create the NASA Tournament Lab (NTL), they never anticipated that the collaboration might impact NASA’s staffing and procurement processes.…

Twenty percent of women in Eastern Europe and 18 percent in Central Asia have experienced physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. The multilayered crises of climate, conflict, and the COVID…

Rising sea levels, extreme heat, and storm surges increasingly threaten bridges, roads, and train tracks. As these events become more frequent and severe, public assets face increased risk of…

The fight against HIV requires all hands on deck. A stunningly tricky virus at the heart of a pandemic with a complex constellation of impacts, HIV has pushed us to our limits, claiming millions…

In Rwanda and around the globe, this groundbreaking move, backed by the World Bank, opens up new avenues for private capital mobilization and sustainable development. Let’s delve into why this is…

Moussa bought his first SIM card in 2011 to keep in touch with his family Kati, a rural community in Mali. He had moved to Timbuktu, and the mobile phone was his only connection to home. Almost a…

How did Korea increase exports? The staggered roll-out of its overseas export promotion offices and rotation of bureaucrats is used to show the role of bureaucrat ability.

Many governments around the world subsidize the energy consumption of their citizens. Despite the negative economic and social consequences of providing these subsidies, embarking on meaningful…

Since COP27 in Egypt last year, the World Bank has been working hard to implement recommendations in our flagship Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDR).