Two billion people globally suffer from moderate to severe food insecurity and widespread micronutrient deficiencies. This ...

The World Bank’s poverty line is inaccurate and out of date – an error that obscures the feebleness of market solutions ...

Mahabub Hossain's room was next to mine at the Agargaon campus of Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). I had ...

Many people in low income countries remain inadequately covered by social services. Learn how the right social assistance and labor market policies can encourage economic growth and self-reliance.

This disaster risk finance (DFR) diagnostic was prepared by the World Bank Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice in response to a request from the Government of Zimbabwe (GoZ) for a ...

According to SERAP, “the Federal Government should not collect any loan from the World Bank or any other institutions and agencies until the missing N233 billion is fully recovered, consistent with ...

The projected 4.6 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) suggested by the 2025 budget, even if it is achieved, will not be ...

During 1998-2000, Mamta was MacArthur Fellow for Poverty and Inequality at King’s College, Cambridge. Mamta joined the World Bank as a Young Professional in 1995. She has a Bachelors’ Degree in ...

Gloria Achieng, a BBC journalist in Kenya, talks us through the causes of period poverty and some of the reusable products available. Patricia Kajumba, founder of Glow Up Pads in Uganda, explains how ...

There are worse things to be than one of the richest people in the world, but considering the flack that Jeff Bezos gets for ...