Countries must make teaching profession more financially and intellectually attractive
Countries need to make the teaching profession
more financially and intellectually attractive to meet a growing demand across
the world for high-quality teachers, according to a...
Success of China’s Belt & Road Initiative Depends on Deep Policy Reforms
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could speed up economic
development and reduce poverty for dozens of developing countries—but it must
be accompanied by deep policy...
Fast-Paced Reforms Lead to Improvements in Ease of Doing Business Across Kazakhstan
Regions of Kazakhstan have made doing business easier by improving
business regulation over the past two years, says the World Bank in a new
report released...
Reforms Building Momentum for Growth in Myanmar
Myanmar’s economy is slowly
regaining stability and picking up speed after a volatile 2018, according to a
new World Bank report.
The Myanmar
Economic Monitor projects
Myanmar’s economy to...
8 facts you don’t know about the money migrants send back home
Here are eight things you might not know about the
transformative power of these often small – yet major – contributions to
sustainable development worldwide:
1. About...
Girls Don’t Code? In The Caribbean, They Lead Tech Startups
Research shows that science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics (STEM) are still male-dominated fields. According to the U.S. Department of
Commerce, in 2011 women occupied less
than 25% of...
The Green Trip List: 5 Eco-friendly Destinations for the Green-minded Traveler
Traveling is one of life’s greatest pleasures and definitely a luxury we
should not take for granted. This June, as we commemorate World Environment Day
and...
Guiding a new generation of learners on inclusive green economy
As population numbers continue to grow and material
resource use rises to unprecedented levels, the limits of today’s dominant
model of economic growth have become increasingly...
Restoring the Caribbean to the paradise it used to be
When people think of the Caribbean, it’s the turquoise
seas, clean beaches, coral reefs teeming with fish, turtles and balmy breezes
that come to mind.
For us,...
Oil Market Report: 2020 vision
In this Report, we publish our first outlook for 2020.
As we do so, volatility has returned to oil markets with a dramatic sell-off in
late...