More: World Bank
Why LGBTI Inclusion Is Key to Shared Prosperity
Apple’s birth certificate and other official documents issued by the government of Thailand indicate that she is male. But from the time of her...
Report: Economic Mobility in Developing Countries Has Stalled for the Last 30 Years
Generations of poor people in developing countries are trapped in a cycle of poverty determined by their circumstance at birth and unable to ascend...
New Report Looks at Past Disasters to Prepare for the Future
The great disasters of the past – like the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD or the hurricane that devastated Santo Domingo in 1930...
Better Opportunities and Services for Citizens by Leveraging Blockchain Technologies
With economic growth in Europe and Central Asia having peaked, following 2.7% growth in 2017 and a projection of 2.3% for 2018, countries in...
Digital Youth Summit Advances Pakistan’s Tech Revolution
Passionate techies and entrepreneurs from Pakistan and abroad converged in Peshawar, Pakistan to share knowledge, build skills, and accelerate the growth of KP’s emerging...
Are Global Banks Cutting Off Customers in Developing and Emerging Economies?
Over the last decade, global banks have been tightening operations to comply with regulations designed to curtail money-laundering and terrorism-financing. As a consequence, global...
Using Big Data to Achieve the SDGs
A revolution is well under way. World Bank Group (WBG) projects are using Big Data to help governments reimagine solutions and improve service delivery...
Djibouti Launches Digital Transformation to Improve Services to Citizens
The World Bank announced today new support for Djibouti’s ongoing efforts to leverage digital technology to bring government closer to citizens and improve the...
World Bank: Commodity prices to rise more than expected in 2018
Oil prices are forecast to average $65 a barrel over 2018, up from an average of $53 a barrel in 2017, on strong demand...
Record high remittances to low- and middle-income countries in 2017
Remittances to low- and middle-income countries rebounded to a record level in 2017 after two consecutive years of decline, says the World Bank’s latest...