How China can build a more sustainable financial system
Chinese investors should integrate environmental, social and governance concerns into their investment decisions in order to fulfil their duties to their beneficiaries and support...
Child Marriage May Cost Ethiopia Billions of Dollars
Ethiopia’s economy could potentially lose billions of dollars annually due to child marriage, says a new report by the World Bank and the International...
Spring 2018 EU Economic Forecast: Expansion to continue amid new risks
Growth rates for the EU and the euro area beat expectations in 2017 to reach a 10-year high at 2.4%. Growth is set to...
Digital Youth Summit Advances Pakistan’s Tech Revolution
Passionate techies and entrepreneurs from Pakistan and abroad converged in Peshawar, Pakistan to share knowledge, build skills, and accelerate the growth of KP’s emerging...
Are Global Banks Cutting Off Customers in Developing and Emerging Economies?
Over the last decade, global banks have been tightening operations to comply with regulations designed to curtail money-laundering and terrorism-financing. As a consequence, global...
Global military spending remains high at $1.7 trillion
Total world military expenditure rose to $1739 billion in 2017, a marginal increase of 1.1 per cent in real terms from 2016, according to...
90 per cent of the planet is breathing in polluted air
Air pollution claims seven million lives a year, UN health experts said on Wednesday, amid new data showing that the problem affects nine out...
Can science and technology really help solve global problems?
Science and technology offer part of the solution to climate change, inequality and other global issues, a United Nations official said on Tuesday, spotlighting...
Progress on global energy goals slow, but strong gains in countries show promise
The world is not on track to meet the global energy targets for 2030 set as part of the Sustainable Development Goals, but real...
Sri Lankans Urge Employers to Adopt Family-friendly Policies
In March this year, as part of the International Women’s Day #PressForProgress campaign, the World Bank office in Sri Lanka invited expression of views...