Developing Economies

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) …