More: Development
Why Infrastructure Doesn’t Have to Cost the Earth
Here’s a statistic: 75 percent of the infrastructure that will be
required globally in 2050 has yet to be built. That sounds daunting, but the
truth...
Addressing Sri Lanka’s Macroeconomic Challenges
Sri Lanka is widely recognized for its rapid development progress—as
shown by various development indicators—but underperformance on growth. The
country’s growth slowed to 3.2% in 2018....
Ambitions are affordable for Asia and the Pacific
Three years of implementation of the transformative
2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific shows the
region has some catching up to do....
Green and Gray Infrastructure More Powerful When They Work Together
A new generation of infrastructure projects that harness the power of nature can help achieve development goals, including water security and climate resilience,...
Reforming Multilateral Development Banks
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the value of
multilateralism. I am a strong believer that the multilateral system, which
includes multilateral development...
African Development Bank: Making a Big Difference in Africa
The story of 1.2 billion people living in
the African continent is poised to change considerably and could be the big
story of the next decade...
Avoiding a Jobs Crisis in Africa is a Global Responsibility
This month, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim shocked the international aid community with his announcement that he will leave his post on 1...
Impact Investment needs global standards and better measurement
Social impact investment, which aims to improve well-being as well as earn a financial return, could be more effective if it were more clearly...
Emerging, Developing Economies to Face Challenges if Global Inflation Rises
Further upward acceleration of global inflation from record low levels may impair efforts in emerging and developing economies to sustain the low inflation environment...
Population without access to electricity falls below 1 billion
Authors: Laura Cozzi, Olivia Chen, Hannah Daly, Aaron Koh
In a sign of great progress, over 120 million people worldwide gained access to electricity in...