The global jobs challenge Emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) face a jobs challenge of historic proportions. Between 2025 and 2035, around 1.2 billion young people in these economies are …
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Education & Innovation
Colombia advances toward people-centered digital education with support from UNESCO and UNDP
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauThe event provided an opportunity to analyze the lessons learned from the transformation of Computadores para Educar into Tecnologías para Aprender and to discuss priorities for consolidating an inclusive, relevant, and sustainable digital education …
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Latest News
Ariel Yépez appointed World Bank Director for Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauWashington, D.C., July 1, 2026 – The World Bank announced the appointment of Ariel Yépez as Director of the new Andean Countries Division, effective July 1, 2026. In this position, …
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Economy & Development
Investing in the future: ensuring women-led small businesses can thrive
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauWhen we picture engines of economic growth and job creation, we tend to think of large multinational companies and global brands. Yet, in emerging and developing economies, it is primarily …
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Education & Innovation
Refugees remain severely underrepresented in higher education globally
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauUNESCO IESALC’s recently launched Higher Education Global Trends Report shows that only a minority of the countries featured in the Higher Education Policy Observatory include explicit provisions for the inclusion of refugees and displaced …
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Global Affairs
Security Council: New faces, old tensions as five nations take their seats
by NNW Bureauby NNW BureauFrom deploying peacekeepers to conducting quiet – but at times heated – diplomacy, the UN Security Council sits at the heart of global decision-making on war and peace. As of …