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Accelerating Mongolia’s Development Requires a Shift “from Mines to Minds”
A new report by the World Bank estimates that out of every dollar in mineral revenues Mongolia has generated over the past 20 years,...
Kenya Secures the First Horn of Africa Initiative Project to Boost Regional Integration
The World Bank Board of Directors today approved $750 million in International Development Association (IDA)* financing to improve the movement of people and goods,...
Development prospects for Latin America and the Caribbean in a post-COVID-19 world
In May 2020, Latin America and the Caribbean became the epicenter of the global COVID-19 pandemic, and the number of positive cases and deaths...
The Pandemic Revives the Debate on Development and its Discontents
Authors: N.S Abhilasha and Aishwarya Bhuta
The COVID-19 pandemic has dealt a devastating blow to lives and livelihoods across the world. No nation-state, be it...
World Bank Launches Inaugural Sustainable Development Bond Impact Report
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today published its first impact report covering all bond issuances and the entire...
ADB Releases Annual Report of Development Effectiveness
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has released the 13th annual performance report of its corporate results framework, the Development Effectiveness Review, a management tool...
New report from UN Economic Commission for Europe measures progress on global goals
As all eyes, hearts and minds focus on the COVID-19 coronavirus
pandemic, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) garnered attention on
Tuesday when a new UN report revealed...
It’s Not Enough to Wait for Conflict to End; We Must Tackle Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Head On
Every day across the Middle
East and North Africa, the World Bank is focused on one overarching goal: to
end poverty, in all of its forms,...
Countries Commit to Tackling “Learning Poverty” and Accelerating Learning in MENA
Recognizing the very low learning outcomes, and the need to change the
way education is delivered as critical to the future development of the Middle
East...
UNDP: Reshaping the Global Development Agenda
The establishment of United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) ushered a new era during the course of United Nations (UNs)
exemplary journey. In September 2000 at
the Millennium...