World of Opportunity

In the last decades, two ambitions — high-quality milk and safe tap water — have increasingly come to a head.

Currently, the region has 31 large cities, each with over 2 million people.

Over the last decade, the number of people living in proximity to conflict has nearly doubled.

Belize boasts the second largest barrier reef in the world, and the largest coral reef system in the Western Hemisphere.

In Ethiopia, TFSCB built capacity to analyze economy-wide data for policy advice.

In many parts of the world, living near an active volcano is not unusual.

We are structuring our strategy for the region around four pillars.

Rooftop solar arrays on nearly 500 schools will help the West Bank address crippling electricity shortages.

Approximately 2.5 million children in Uganda live with some form of disability.

Satellite images can help local actors better understand and make decisions based on what is happening on the ground.

By Ankur Nagar

By Emily Olivia Bartels Bland

By Miyoko Asai, Daniel Mahler, Silvia Malgioglio, Ambar Narayan and Minh Cong Nguyen

Nepal has more than double the world average.

High-quality statistics are an essential tool to picture the terrain of the economy and its diverse inhabitants.

Close to 99% of non-farm enterprises in Bangladesh are MSMEs. In 2013, they created over 20 million jobs.

In 2018, around 8 in 10 under-5 deaths occurred in just two regions: Sub-Saharan Africa (54%) and South Asia (28%).

To prepare workers for the future of work, governments should protect workers for change, not from change.

Agricultural innovation and technology hold the key to poverty reduction in developing countries.

There is a silent threat that lurks behind natural hazards: the risk of disease transmission.

Implementing reforms would position the Mashreq region to become a digital hub for the Middle East and North Africa.

Human capital for all: are we there yet? Drawing on data from the World Bank Gender Data Portal, we present these five facts.

A five-year program seeks to empower small scale farmers and strengthen markets in Punjab province in Pakistan

The availability of good data can help lead to making good decisions. This is true in education, as it is in other sectors.