Financial exclusion restricts economic opportunity and constrains poverty reduction. Yet today there are an estimated 2.5 billion adult people worldwide…
By Paulo Correa and Christopher Colford Promoting economic growth and job creation requires innovative industries that can make imaginative use of business…
Global financial integration and the linkages between the financial and the real sides of economies are sources of huge policy…
Hamada Mohamed, a taxi driver, is married with a 3 -year-old boy, and expecting a new baby in the coming…
“We have been encouraged by the resilience of the Filipino people and the determination shown by President Aquino and his…
Africa is booming—mostly. Much of the continent has experienced strong and sustained economic growth over the last two decades. Many…
With more than a billion people in the world living on less than $1.25 per day, World Bank Group President…
The World Bank has announced a new Low-Carbon Liveable Cities (LC2) Initiative to support developing country cities around the world…
Focusing policies on competitive industries can provide jobs for the impoverished, hungry, restive urban millions As magnets for talent and…
China and Brazil are both facing a growth slowdown, as compared to the period prior to the global financial crisis.…