Climate Action
Every breath you take: How subsidy reform can make our air cleaner
Air pollution exceeds safe levels globally, causing severe health and economic impacts but fossil fuel subsidy reform can bring significant benefits.
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World Bank Group
The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. It is not a bank in the ordinary sense but a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development. The World Bank Group comprises five institutions managed by their member countries. Established in 1944, the World Bank Group is headquartered in Washington DC. It has more than 10,000 employees in more than 120 offices worldwide.
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Climate Action
These are the world’s 10 most efficient ports – but which ones are the greenest?
Asian countries dominate the top 20 list of best-performing green ports for 2023. But the shipping industry faces challenges as it works to decarbonize.
Climate Action
What Biden and Kerry could mean for the future of climate change action
President-elect Joe Biden is set to make the climate a big part of his legacy and has elected John Kerry as his climate envoy. Here's what it could mean.
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Slow growth and the cost of debt: the World Bank's Chief Economist on the global outlook
"The global economy - it's a complicated picture, in the sense that it's doing better than we expected just six months ago but it's doing much worse than what it was doing six years ago."...
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GFC23: Trade in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
From traceability and transparency to better forecasting and inventory control, technology has the potential to transform global trade in a myriad of ways. As their efficiency benefits...
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