Developing Economies

When sovereign bond yields, or the interest rates investors demand to hold government debt, rise sharply in advanced economies, many emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) usually feel the pain …

Most of what we hear about artificial intelligence comes through the lens of advanced economies: the race to build the most powerful models, the fear that white-collar jobs will disappear. …

WASHINGTON, August 4, 2026—Artificial intelligence (AI) could allow developing countries to do in a decade what might otherwise take a century—provided that governments act swiftly to close the gaps in …

There is a persistent and intuitively appealing idea that haunts labor market policy debates in developing economies: that jobs are a fixed pie, and if an older worker keeps a …

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 15th, 2026 – The World Bank Group institutions (IBRD, IDA and IFC) and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (ISDA) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) …