Conflicts and disasters forcing 59 million young people into illiteracy
Nearly three in ten young people between the ages of 15 and 24 living in conflict- or disaster-affected countries are illiterate, the United Nations...
Using Digital Tools to Transform Transportation
At Transforming Transportation, an international forum at the World Bank headquarters in January 2018, participants took a close look at the potentially enormous impact...
Environmental Peacebuilding Researchers Receive Prestigious Al-Moumin Award
Shared environmental interests and cooperative action can be used to build trust, establish shared identities, and transform conflict into peace. Fifteen years ago, Ken...
Rise in Global Wealth but Inequality Persists
Global wealth grew significantly over the past two decades but per capita wealth declined or stagnated in more than two dozen countries in various...
Mapping the devastation of Somalia’s drought
Over the past 25 years, Somalia has experienced a cycle of protracted droughts, culminating in the most recent one in 2016 and 2017, when...
Bangladesh Women Making Progress But Still Face Gender Gap
Bangladesh’s women have made progress in various aspects of health, education, and work, but still face sizable gender gaps, according to a new report...
Bamako Convention: Preventing Africa from becoming a dumping ground for toxic wastes
African nations have long been at the center of incidents involving hazardous waste dumping. From the leaking barrels of toxic waste in Koko, Nigeria...
The weight of cities
How do we prepare for the doubling of the global urban population by 2050? By dramatically rethinking urbanism and its governance. That means designing...
Small but Smart: Benin and Togo Cooperate to Ensure Water Security
The Mono River divides the two small West African nations of Benin and Togo. While less than a tenth the size of the Nile...
Digital Identity – Why It Matters and Why It’s Important We Get It Right
Leaders from government, business, international organizations, civil society and the humanitarian community have called for greater multistakeholder cooperation on digital identity. The UNHCR, World...