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Did you know that Africa has the youngest population in the world and by 2050, it is expected to be home to over one billion young people?
Caribbean airports, which are often located near the coastline, have been paying a heavy toll. From the Bahamas to Puerto Rico and Dominica, Caribbean nations across the region have seen their…
In this latest blog, Valerie Hickey shows the importance of forests for development – including benefits to climate, jobs, and food security – particularly in the context of the new Global…
Gender-based violence is a development issue as it has economic costs for countries in the form of loss in employment and productivity, direct costs of health care, the justice system, and social…
Street vendors, taxi drivers, hairdressers, metal workers, repair shops - Côte d’Ivoire’s towns and cities bustle with small-scale enterprises. They make up the urban informal sector, where…
Intergroup dialogue facilitates integration of displaced individuals
Findings reveal a clear pattern: during 'good' times, inequality, as measured by the Gini index, tends to decrease, while 'bad' times lead to an increase in inequality.
The World Bank supports cybersecurity skills development initiatives in developing countries to help close the cybersecurity skills gap and enhance cyber resilience as a catalyst for socio-…
To address gender disparities in trade, policy interventions are critical. This includes boosting women’s participation in fields like STEM, which are traditionally male dominated but face lower…
Visibility increases the sharing of mental health information among refugees.