More: Poverty
Conflict and mass displacement increase child labour
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...
Navigating Sri Lanka’s Demographic Change
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...
The link between conflict and hunger
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...
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...
China-Pakistan Cooperation in Eliminating Corruption
Prime Minister Imran Khan, after winning election held on 25 July 2018, in his maiden speech, pointed out that he is impressed by China’s...
Selling Girls for Food: A New Rising Market in Afghanistan
Women in Afghanistan are the most deprived member of the community.In a patriarchal society like Afghanistan, women are not given equal opportunities as given...
Changing world of work needs new jobs strategy
Governments need to do more to help workers and firms adapt to the fast-changing world of work and drive inclusive growth, according to the...
Hunger and obesity in Latin America and the Caribbean compounded by inequality
For the third consecutive year, the number of those chronically hungry has increased in Latin America and the Caribbean, while 250 million – 60...
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...
Nearly Half the World Lives on Less than $5.50 a Day
Economic advances around the world mean that while fewer people live in extreme poverty, almost half the world’s population — 3.4 billion people — still struggles to meet basic...