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When elephants fight, it is the grass that suffers
Photo: shplendid | Flickr Creative Commons Talk of trade tariffs and heightened geopolitical tensions are dominating news headlines recently. As developed economies consider escalating…
Mark Moseley | August 08, 2018
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management, Governance, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships
Scaling up World Bank guarantees to move the needle on infrastructure finance
It's not always easy to convince the private sector to participate in public infrastructure projects—especially in developing countries and emerging economies. Why is this a problem? Because there…
Pankaj Gupta | November 28, 2017
Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships, Competitiveness
These winning photos capture the future of sustainable cities
Also available in: Français | Español | العربية The premise behind the Sustainable Cities photo competition was simple. [[tweetable]]We wanted to learn what people around the world "see" when they…
Xueman Wang, Dini Djalal | October 31, 2017
Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Poverty, Social Development
Urban jungles in jeopardy
Why the world's cities are at risk – and what we can do to make them more resilient We may not know exactly what the world will look like in two decades, but we know this: it is going to be a…
Ivo Germann, Ede Ijjasz-Vasquez | April 05, 2017
Climate Change, Disaster Risk Management, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Infrastructure & Public-Private Partnerships
Partnering to measure impacts of private sector projects on job creation
For the poor and vulnerable of the world, jobs are key to ending poverty and driving development. But not all jobs are equally transformational. Photo: Jonathan Ernst / World Bank Jobs are what…
Alvaro Gonzalez | February 14, 2017
Jobs & Development, Competitiveness
How many years do refugees stay in exile?
"The average length of time that refugees spend in camps is 17 years." This cruel statistic has been quoted many times, influencing our perception of refugee crises as never-ending…
Xavier Devictor, Quy-Toan Do | September 15, 2016
Fragility Conflict and Violence, Poverty, Urban Development
PBS Documentary follows students around the world for 12 years as they fight to get basic education
The idea for this 12-year documentary project, Time for School, came after Pamela Hogan (our producer) read an op-ed in which economist Amartya Sen argued that investing in education was key to…
Nina Chaudry | September 15, 2016
Part of the #Youthbiz movement? Share your story!
Also available in: Français | العربية A boat trip from Port Elizabeth to Kingstown, in the Caribbean country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, is a one-hour trip that locals take several…
Valerie Lorena | August 14, 2015
Education, Financial Inclusion, Financial Sector, Gender, Macroeconomics and Fiscal Management
The energy future, as seen from Denmark
Driving across the Danish countryside, they cannot be missed: towering white wind turbines as far as the eye can see, their slow-turning blades providing a 21st century counterpoint against the…
Nicholas Keyes | March 18, 2015
Digital Libraries for the Poor
Facilitating Bottom-Up Innovation through Video-based Learning PlatformLocal villagers being trained to shoot videos American Idol, a television show in the United States, has inspired thousands…
Parmesh Shah, Abhishek Gupta | May 20, 2014