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 Soames Job (The World Bank) and Hilda Gomez (CAF)
The inclusion of road safety in the Sustainable Development Goal targets has created opportunities for an increased global commitment....
Dams provide critical services such as flood protection, irrigation, hydropower generation, and water supply for 156 million people in the Eastern Nile sub-basin spanning Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan and...
The last session of the virtual knowledge sharing program discusses future of smart cities through a series of presentations that will provide food for thought and spark lively discussions. The...
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...
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a global pandemic that affects 1 in 3 women in their lifetime. VAWG is not exclusive of the private sphere; unfortunately, is also common in public spaces....