According to a United Nations report, 3.2% of world population or 258 million people, live in a country other than their country of birth. Between 1990...
Experts and global actors from Africa, Asia and South America gathered in Manila to address child labour and poor working conditions in artisanal and small-scale gold...
With only 11 years left to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, some of the most economically advanced countries have still not met targets in areas...
The Mexican economy is expanding at a moderate pace, underpinned by a strong macroeconomic framework and robust exports tied to the country’s deep integration into global...
Authors: Asli Demirguc-Kunt and Cyril Muller* If you are unbanked there is a high likelihood you are living on the edge of poverty, exclusion and vulnerability....
Approximately 113 million people in 53 countries experienced high levels of food insecurity last year, according to a new joint UN and European Union (EU) report...
A new multi-organizational report finds that conflict and war over the past decade has coincided with an increase in child labour among refugee children, the internally...
The latest edition of the World Bank’s Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) finds the island in a challenging macroeconomic landscape. The post-conflict high growth momentum has...
Conflict-driven hunger is getting worse, according to a snapshot of the eight places in the world with the highest number of people in need of emergency...
This month, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim shocked the international aid community with his announcement that he will leave his post on 1 February —...