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$4.2 Trillion Can Be Saved by Investing in More Resilient Infrastructure

The net benefit on average of investing in more resilient infrastructure in low- and middle-income countries would be $4.2 trillion with $4 in benefit for each...

World’s top miners keep performing but investors unimpressed

The world’s 40 largest mining companies continued to consolidate their stellar performance of the past several years by delivering steady growth in 2018, according to PwC’s...

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...

Fossil fuel support is rising again in a threat to climate change efforts

Fossil-fuel subsidies are environmentally harmful, costly, and distortive. After a 3 years downward trend between 2013 and 2016, government support for fossil fuel production and use has risen...

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...

International action can scale up hydrogen to make it a key part of a clean and secure energy future

The world has an important opportunity to tap into hydrogen’s vast potential to become a critical part of a more sustainable and secure energy future, the...

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...

Businesses Double Down on Sustainability as Consumers Focus on Costs

While most businesses have intensified their sustainability efforts, many residential consumers’ actions have stalled as cost and complexity have slowed commitment to clean-energy solutions, according to Deloitte’s...

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