The Women, Business and the Law index is a longstanding and essential tool revealing gaps in countries’ legal frameworks, paving the way for policy reforms.

Julia Braunmiller |

The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) promotes collaboration among health practitioners and policymakers from 36 countries to co-develop solutions for pressing health…

Martin Lutalo, Ajay Tandon, Kate Mandeville, Mahlet Gizaw |

Critical care consumes a substantial proportion of a country’s health care expenditure. This was especially true during the COVID-19 pandemic and increasingly true as populations age and struggle…

Katelyn Jison Yoo, Christophe Lemiere |

As leaders from government, private sector, civil society, and development agencies gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), climate change is being featured strongly;…

Loli Arribas-Banos, Gabriela Elizondo Azuela |

An estimated 2.5 million more engineers are needed in sub-Saharan Africa to tackle its development challenges, yet, as things stand, the region falls short of meeting this demand. What is the…

Alice Amegah, Christiane Voufo, Grace Amoka, Souleymane Diabate, Úna McCarthy-Fakhry |

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 |

There are not enough good jobs in developing countries. As the World Bank’s upcoming Flagship report, “Jobs for Development,” emphasizes, the formation and growth of private firms and…

Maho Hatayama, Maddalena Honorati, Theresa Osborne |

Changing food habits helps improve nutrition in rural Nepal

Karishma Wasti, Renu Chhetri |

This week's links include how Dean Karlan is thinking about using and generating evidence at USAID, a new paper in Science on Mexican cartels, what we can learn from a B+ research design, and…

David McKenzie |

What if governments could leverage existing, aging infrastructure to raise funds for new development? A set of guidelines is available to support governments in selecting, preparing and delivering…

David Ng, Rishabh Jain |