Tag: World Bank blogs

Four facets of water in MENA’s conflict and forced displacement crisis (Edoardo Borgomeo, Anders Jagerskog, Carmen Nonay, World Bank blogs)

Water splashing hands. (Photo: Shutterstock) When he first arrived in Jordan, Abd was shocked by the lack of water. He fled Syria in 2013 after...

It’s now or never: Let’s act on the climate ‘code red’ (Niels Holm-Nielsen, World Bank blogs)

Families enjoying an afternoon in Simon Bolivar Park in Bogotá, Colombia The “code red” climate crisis is upon us. Evidence of climate extremes—the recent flooding in...

MENA. COVID-19 inequities in MENA: How data and evidence can help us do better (Johannes Hoogeveen, Bilal Malaeb, Lokendra Phadera, World Bank blogs)

COVID-19 is revealing inequities between and within countries. Across the globe, poorer people tend to be more exposed to the risk of infection as...

Africa – How to attract private finance to Africa’s development (World Bank blogs)

LUC EYRAUD, CATHERINE PATTILLO, ABEBE AEMRO SELASSIE African economies are at a pivotal juncture. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought economic activity to a standstill. Africa’s hard-won economic...

Indonesia – More productive jobs to embrace a more prosperous Indonesia (World Bank blogs)

Photo: Achmad/World Bank SATU KAHKONEN Indonesia has made great strides in becoming a middle-class country and is working to become a thriving high-income country by 2045....

Sub-Saharan Africa – What is driving COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa? (World Bank blogs)

NEIA PRATA MENEZES, MULOONGO SIMUZINGILI, ZELALEM YILMA DEBEBE, FEDJA PIVODIC, ERNEST MASSIAH As African countries accelerate the deployment of COVID-19 (coronavirus) vaccines, the issue of vaccine hesitancy...

Europe – Standing at a Crossroads: Economic Recovery Plans in EU Essential to Deliver Inclusive and Green Growth (World Bank blogs)

GALLINA ANDRONOVA VINCELETTE, REENA BADIANI-MAGNUSSON, MONA PRASAD write: Two years into a pandemic that has shaken the world, policymaking remains a delicate balance between protecting those who...

Peru – Better data for safe economic reactivation (World Bank blogs)

JEREMY VEILLARD, AAKASH MOHPAL, GABRIEL AGUIRRE MARTENS, MARÍA INÉS BADIN write: Peru is among the world’s hardest-hit countries by the pandemic. To date, it has the largest...

EMDE Infrastructure Development – Asset recycling in EMDE infrastructure development can be a win-win-win (World Bank blogs)

SATHEESH SUNDARARAJAN writes: Notwithstanding different levels of estimates of the infrastructure gap from various global studies, one thing we can safely agree on is...

Rural resilience – It’s not only about insurance (World Bank blogs)

RACHEL SBERRO-KESSLER JOHN PLEVIN During a recent training session about The Role of Financial Market Solutions for Building Resilience to Shocks in Agriculture, we asked a simple question to a group of policy makers and private sector...

Bangladesh/Bhutan/India/Nepal – Eastern Waterways Grid to benefit Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (World Bank blogs)

NATALYA STANKEVICH ERIK NORA ARNAB BANDYOPADHYAY Rivers are the oldest means of transport in the massive Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta, where a dense lattice of waterways...

Tanzania – Tanzanian communities unite to tackle the growing risk of floods (John Morton, Nyambiri Kimacha, World Bank blogs)

It is mid-October in Dar es Salaam, and it has been pouring rain for hours. Halima, her children, and her neighbors are worried because...

India – How dowry influences household decisions in rural India (World Bank blogs)

S ANUKRITI NISHITH PRAKASH SUNGOH KWON This is the second blog of a two-part series on dowry in rural India. The first part is...

South Asia – Unlocking and Safeguarding Human Potential Across South Asia (Hartwig Schafer, World Bank blogs)

Samina rose from humble beginnings in Karachi, Pakistan to become a proud woman business owner employing nine people. Her embroidery business helped pay for her...

Morocco – Resilient buildings make urban Morocco safer (World Bank blogs)

PHILIPP PETERMANN THERESA ABRASSART THOMAS MOULLIER ANTOINE HANZEN GHIZLANE AQARIDEN YOUSSEF ELOUARDY In Morocco, cities are exposed to risks arising from fire, unregulated construction,...

Climate Change – In the race against climate change, cooperation between energy and transport is more critical than ever (Bernard Obika, Clotilde Rossi di...

In the face of the climate crisis, addressing carbon emissions from transport is more urgent than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated the...