The role of electricity in our economies and societies is growing rapidly. The power sector is becoming a critical actor in the global energy system –...
Myanmar’s economy is projected to stay on a steady growth path over the next two years, supported by economic reforms, strong global growth, and higher foreign...
Despite crude oil prices rising 25 percent since January 2017 and significant productivity gains made in recent years, shareholder returns on average for upstream companies have...
Growth picked up across most of the economies in developing Asia, supported by continued high demand for exports and rapidly expanding domestic demand, says a new...
In fragile and conflict-affected states, governments frequently turn to public works programs to provide temporary jobs to vulnerable populations. A new body of research is showing...
Growth in the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia – declined in 2017, despite the creation of 190,000 new...
Thailand’s economy is expected to grow by 4.1 percent in 2018, the fastest pace since 2012, says the latest edition of the World Bank’s Thailand Economic...
Mongolia’s economic growth will remain solid in 2018 and 2019, albeit with slight moderation, following a strong performance in 2017 as coal exports and mining investments...
Bangladesh is continuing its strong development trajectory, even as the pace of poverty reduction has slowed down, according to a new World Bank report, “The Bangladesh...
Growth in the Pacific is expected to remain weak in 2018, as economic and political uncertainties, fiscal challenges, and natural disasters hold back some of the...
Singer and Actor Wang Junkai, or Karry Wang, best known for his leading role in the box office blockbuster film...
Animals can be beautiful; they can be sleek, graceful, powerful, or just plain adorable, even cuddly. A field of wild...
Traditionally in International Relations the concept of “hard power” remained the basic focus for states so as to achieve power...
Before 1800, just about everybody was poor. You had royalty, you had these huge landowners, but they were a tiny,...
Recognizing that the energy sector lags when it comes to gender diversity, the Italian Agency for New Technologies, Energy and...
The World Bank announced today a new project to finance off-grid solar systems in Yemen to power vital basic services,...
Artificial intelligence (AI), a subset of machine learning, has the potential to drastically impact a nation’s national security in various...