1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (347+ words) Can we identify who they are, where they live, which hazards they face, and what they need to become more resilient? In this post, we introduce a new indicator designed to answer exactly these questions. This new World Bank Group…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (356+ words) When people hear the term "education leadership," they often picture a school principal. But leadership exists at every level of the system. It includes ministry officials, district leaders, curriculum specialists, teacher leaders, and policymakers. Together, these leaders influence everything from…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (147+ words) Source: World Bank, UNDP BIOFIN, and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) (2026). Practical and proportionate " not bureaucratic Source: World Bank, UNDP BIOFIN, and Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) (2026). Survey of 83 financial institutions and 45 corporates (UNDP BIOFIN, 2025). Malaysia's financial sector has already built substantial…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago  (490+ words) The green transition is often viewed as disruptive but in South Asia the story is more nuanced. Our new paper, Occupational Mobility and Green Transition: A Stylized Estimation of Skill Investment Needs in South Asia, finds that many workers may…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (822+ words) For decades, Liberia's agricultural sector has been recognized as central to the country's economy, rural livelihoods, and food security. Yet policymakers and development partners have often had to make critical decisions with limited and outdated data. That is now beginning…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago  (507+ words) When John List sets out to provide an A-to-Z compendium on designing and using experiments, the answer is almost surely that you should want to read at least some of it. His new Experimental Economics textbook is 20 chapters that cover…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago  (288+ words) There are three compelling reasons why the private sector must be a co-architect of skills systems. Speed. Firms at the technological frontier know which skills are emerging, which are becoming obsolete, and how fast. In Spain, the Santander Open Academy…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (288+ words) Before we used GEMS, we relied mainly on occasional visits and incomplete information to understand what was happening in schools. Today, we can monitor what is happening in each school more rigorously and act quickly when necessary. This was an…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago  (657+ words) World Bank Blogs One Shock Away: What Susu Taught Me About Poverty Traps Before I understood what a poverty trap was, I was already living its logic. Growing up in a Liberian household, my sisters and I ran our own…...

1+ week, 23+ hour ago  (609+ words) Yet many continue to underperform financially and operationally. As a result, they remain dependent on government support, absorb scarce public resources, and create significant fiscal risks without delivering commensurate improvements in performance or service delivery. Many SOE reforms work the…...