Indonesia is now one of Asia Pacific’s most vibrant democracies that has maintained political stability and emerged as a confident middle-income country.

In the heart of the Pacific Ocean, on a narrow atoll barely rising above the sea, sits one of the most remarkable pieces of infrastructure in the world, not because it is the largest, or the busiest, ...

The World Bank's annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Report has been a guide for countries, ...

Global gas flaring increased by 9 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2023, reaching 148 bcm, the highest level since 2019. The top ...

Air transport is an important enabler to achieving economic growth and development. Air transport facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, ...

As differences in price levels across the world evolve, the global poverty line has to be periodically updated to reflect these changes. Since 2015, the last update, we have used $1.90 as the global ...

With support from Generation India’s training program, co-funded by the World Bank, youth can transition to stable jobs. Today’s global challenges require collective action. The World Bank engages ...

The project started in 2021 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic upgraded the country’s lab capabilities and significantly helped ...

Investing in health drives job creation and economic growth, highlighting its pivotal role in building resilient societies and fostering prosperity.

The Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides a global audience with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity, as well as in-depth research into ...

Francisco H. G. Ferreira is a Senior Adviser in the World Bank’s Development Research Group, where he oversees the Bank’s research programs on poverty, inequality and agriculture.

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