Why is the widening gender gap in mathematics a concern? While gender gaps in mathematics have long been recognized, the latest results show a renewed increase in the share of …
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Governments around the world spend billions of dollars each year to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) access finance. The goal is clear: more credit should allow firms to grow, …
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Economy & Development
Inside the PIP Innovation Hub: bridging the survey–national accounts gap to capture the missing rich
Recently, the PIP Innovation Hub was added to the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) as a way to showcase experimental work on poverty and inequality measurement (see previous blog for details). One of the Deep Dive approaches presented in the Innovation Hub as an alternative to the World Bank’s official …
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In today’s global economy, competitiveness depends as much on how goods move across and within borders as what countries produce. When goods move faster and more reliably, costs are lowered, firms become …
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When Ry started working at a garment factory in Cambodia, she never imagined she would one day be teaching her colleagues how to use digital tools. But when the factory introduced digital and financial literacy training, …
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Across the Kyrgyz Republic, access to high-speed internet is transforming how people in rural communities live and work. Increasingly, even in the remotest villages, teachers now use digital tools in …
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Economy & Development
Restoring Land, Building Livelihoods: Supporting Spekboom Restoration in South Africa
Struggle to Access Upfront Financing Across South Africa’s Eastern Cape, decades of overgrazing and land degradation have stripped once‑fertile landscapes of their biodiversity. Widespread soil erosion and vegetation loss undermine …
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Bond to help a program that aims to restore degraded land and create jobs WASHINGTON, April 23, 2026 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) today priced …
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Economy & Development
Syria: World Bank Approves US$225 Million Financing to Restore Water and Health Services
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2026 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today US$225 million in grant financing from the International Development Association (IDA) to support Syria to enhance the …
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Before the likes of Mithali Raj, Jhulan Goswami, Smriti Mandhana and Harmanpreet Kaur put Indian women’s cricket on the world map, there was Diana Edulji – a true pioneer who laid the foundation from the ground up. …