Economic development is about making a difference in the lives of the poor, through interventions in the health, education, microfinance, transport, agriculture, and other sectors.
This session presents new global estimates suggesting that 1.47 billion people, or 19 percent of the world population, are directly exposed to substantial flood risks. About 132 million of them live in extreme poverty.
The course focus on the role of the private sector in supporting access, quality, equity and cost effectiveness in fragile, low, middle and high income countries.
Each year 1.3 million people die in the world�s roads and more than 93% of these traffic fatalities take place in the World Bank�s low- and middle-income client countries.
Each year 1.3 million people die in the world’s roads and more than 93% of these traffic fatalities take place in the World Bank’s low- and middle-income client countries.
by Holly Krambeck, Soames Job, Sara Sultan
Low- and middle- income countries typically lack adequate systems for collecting road crash data. This limits their capacity to monitor, effectively...