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Africa’s big push on electrification: A cautionary tale

Africa is home to the largest share of the world’s unelectrified population—an estimated half a billion people, mostly in rural…

3 months ago

Planting seeds for future jobs: An integrated approach to building an inclusive STEM pipeline in Tanzania

Tanzanian girls possess enormous potential to drive economic and social transformation through their participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics…

3 months ago

Behind the scenes: How we work with creditors on debt transparency

Earlier this year, the World Bank conducted the second round of a Data Sharing Exercise with G-7 and Paris Club creditors.…

3 months ago

Laws, Data, and Empowerment: Insights from UNDP’s Women’s Empowerment Index and World Bank’s Women Business and Law Index

When it comes to improving economic outcomes for women and women’s empowerment, effective action requires reliable data. Yet, data capturing…

3 months ago

Strategic autonomy for Europe requires economic growth

The current US administration’s willingness to weaponise trade makes clear that transatlantic economic relations have become entirely transactional. This column,…

3 months ago

Europe’s trade surplus, international relative prices, and the productivity growth gap

The euro area faces persistently weak productivity growth alongside a sustained trade surplus and a trendless real exchange rate. This…

3 months ago

Tariffs and US dollar depreciations: Not so surprising after all

The sharp depreciation of the US dollar (USD) following the ‘Liberation Day’ tariff announcements on 2 April 2025 appeared to…

3 months ago

Trumpian tariffs are import substitution industrialisation 2.0

The new Trumpian tariffs are not the familiar protectionism G7 nations have applied for decades. Instead of shielding particular sectors,…

3 months ago

Public policy can encourage physicians to practice in underserved areas

Many communities in the US, especially those in rural areas, have limited access to healthcare. For example, some areas have…

3 months ago

Future jobs: AI, robots, and jobs in developing countries

Studies of the impact of robots on labour markets often conceptualise jobs as bundles of distinct tasks. In such frameworks,…

3 months ago