Destructive Cyberattacks as Top Cyber Risk: Is Business Ready for an Extinction-level Event?

In an era of technological transformation and cyber everywhere, the attack surface is exponentially growing as cyber criminals attack operational systems and backup capabilities simultaneously in highly...

World Economic Forum Spurs Impact Through Stakeholder Responsibility

The 50th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting closed on Friday, a historic meeting bringing all stakeholders together to shape a cohesive and sustainable world. This milestone...

Globally Bangladesh is a Model for Poverty Reduction: World Bank

The World Bank reiterated its commitment to help Bangladesh sustain high economic growth, as the World Bank Vice President for South Asia, Hartwig Schafer concluded a...

Latin America and the Caribbean experience slight increase in unemployment

The labour markets of Latin America and the Caribbean are going through a moment of uncertainty, which can be seen in a slight rise in the...

Better Road Safety Will Boost Economic Growth in Bangladesh

Five winning teams of the World Bank-United Nations Road Safety Champions’ Video Competition were awarded today in Dhaka. The competition sought ideas for making Dhaka’s roads safer...

Biodiversity in grave danger: What can be done in 2020?

Taking action to stem biodiversity loss was the focus of several events, reports and activities in January—important reminders that 2020, the “Super Year” for nature, is a real...

World Bank Continues its Support to Civil Aviation Sector Reform in Uzbekistan

The Government of Uzbekistan and the World Bank have signed an advisory services agreement for modernizing the country’s civil aviation sector. This is the second such...

European Commission and IMF strengthen cooperation to support sustainable development

European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, on behalf of the European Union, and International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva concluded a new Financial Framework...

Taking next steps to end child labour in global supply chains

ILO Director-General Guy Ryder has called for a whole-of-supply-chain approach to address child labour in global supply chains during his opening statement to the conference . He said...

Erasmus+ and its predecessors: A life-changing experience for 10 million young Europeans

The 2018 annual report on Erasmus+, published today,  shows that over the last three decades, more than 10 million people have participated in what  turned out...

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