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Men and women have different mobility patterns, and #transport and infrastructure systems are not designed to benefit both genders equally. Mobility limitations especially impact poor women. What can...
"Explore how cities can leverage the COVID-19 pandemic’s unprecedented disruption to facilitate a more environmentally and socially sustainable recovery"
Cities are on the frontlines of coping...
"How can growth investment be protected in Africa when raising debt is increasing?'
World Bank Africa Region Chief Economist, Albert Zeufack and Africa’s Pulse Lead author, Punam Chuhan Pole discuss...
Despite the global COVID-19 pandemic, these SDGs and Her competition winners from across the world are blazing a trail and leading the way. Want to know what it takes to be an entrepreneur? From...
"What is the advantage of solar energy and broadband access for new generations in Africa?"
Chief Economist of the World Bank's Africa Region, Albert Zeufack, chats with Silicon Valley’s Kamran...
"The Africa region has an opportunity to harness the digital revolution to foster growth and innovation, as well as eradicate extreme poverty and boost shared prosperity"
In this edition of...
"What are the key messages about the topic in skills in Africa?"
Join World Bank Chief Economist for Africa Albert Zeufack for a discussion with lead economists Punam Chuhan-Pole, David Evans, and...
"What is the debt composition in African Countries, and what needs to be done to mitigate the fiscal deficit?"
Part One of our discussion on Africa’s Pulse focusses on recent economic developments...
"How can technology and innovation help to address the access to energy in African countries?"
Part Two of our discussion on Africa’s Pulse focusses on how African countries can improve access to...
"In West Africa, entire villages are being destroyed by coastal erosion. How do we stop this threat?"
Today, there are about 120 million people living along the coast of West Africa who are...
"African countries that are global examples of effective policy reform that enables positive growth and development"
In 2017, nearly third of the 38 African countries that receive the IDA...
"What factors made the M-Pesa revolution possible in Kenya?"
Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region where the share of adults with a mobile money account now exceeds 10 percent. That mobile...
"Eight of the ten most unequal countries in the world, when looking at the Gini coefficient, are in Sub-Saharan Africa."
Discussions on Sub-Saharan Africa often center on extreme poverty: the...
"Africa has a chance to take a different path – if governments and businesses can take advantage of digital technologies, and if the right policies and investments are in place."
The 2019 World...
"The role of social protection in helping workers, especially the most vulnerable, transition into the jobs and technologies of the future."
The 2019 World Development Report focused on the Future...
"If left unchecked, extreme poverty in the world will become almost exclusively an African issue by 2030."
Despite the incredible progress that so many African countries have made, poverty remains...
"Over the last decade, we have been riding the wave of the “Africa Rising” narrative through the economic ups and downs in the region."
Ten years ago, the world was fighting its way out of a...
"To discuss what individuals, governments, and companies can do to help African countries and African people pull through."
The COVID-19 pandemic is only just beginning to take hold in Sub-Saharan...
"The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been at the forefront of limiting the health impact of the pandemic."
The COVID-19 pandemic is having severe public health,...