21+ hour, 49+ min ago  (207+ words) By March 2026, a representative of the DSWD was back in Rome " not as a participant, but as a presenter. In front of more than 70 participants from nearly 40 countries, he walked the room through a beneficiary's journey to show how integrated…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (18+ words) Global partnerships to share innovative digital solutions can help scale water and sanitation utility transformation across the globe....

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (18+ words) Korea's health system offers one of many reference points for countries striving to achieve universal health coverage (UHC)....

1+ day, 21+ hour ago  (460+ words) Over the past four decades, Ecuador has experienced 93 major natural disasters, causing more than 7, 600 deaths and affecting over one-fifth of the population. Floods, landslides, earthquakes, and other hazards have repeatedly damaged infrastructure, isolated communities, and disrupted livelihoods'particularly among the poorest…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (292+ words) Debates around agricultural tariffs rarely include a woman tending her farm at dawn, a single mother stretching a tight budget at the market, or a female farmhand depending on agricultural wages to survive. But they should. When agricultural markets are…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago  (482+ words) In Olinda, sitting at Alto da S" on a warm evening, surrounded by a place so deeply woven into the region's history, we found ourselves deep in conversations about jobs, growth and the future of Brazil's Northeast, while enjoying a…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago  (538+ words) Much of what we know about access to finance comes from studies of microfinance, small loans typically made to self'employed individuals or household businesses. This large body of evidence has shown that microcredit often increases business activity, but on average…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (344+ words) This work aligns with the World Bank Group's focus on jobs as the pathway out of poverty. Investments in adolescent girls are economic investments: When girls stay in school, delay early pregnancy, and acquire skills, they are more likely to…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago  (477+ words) In regular times but also during pandemic lockdowns and inflation shocks, countries have shown they can scale up social protection quickly, even if delivery mechanisms look imperfect on paper. What matters most is whether leaders decide to act, and whether…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1122+ words) World Bank Blogs To Achieve India's Bold Vision for the Future, It Must Tackle the Jobs Challenge India has set itself an ambitious goal: to become a fully developed nation by 2047, the centenary of its independence. The momentum is real....