The U.S. will provide on-site passport services this week in a settlement in the West Bank, marking the first time American ...

Elimination must build on locally driven, grassroots achievements Global efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation (FGM) stand at a crossroads, with uneven progress, commitments increasingly ...

A World Bank report warned of a "shockingly large" gap between legislation promoting gender equality and its enforcement, with no country currently ensuring all the legal rights required for women's ...

This paper studies how improvements in regulatory information systems affect credit allocation in rural financial markets. In 2021, the Central Bank of Brazil introduced major enhancements to the ...

There are less than four months until kick-off in the 2026 World Cup across Canada, Mexico and the United States. The news is really starting to ramp up ahead of the summer and you can follow it all ...

Indian officials are tightening regulations on the booming options market to prevent excessive risk and protect household ...

The World Bank said it is prioritising what it calls "small AI" solutions that are affordable, practical, and effective even ...

Uganda’s debt may not yet be overwhelming, but its real danger lies in the currency in which it is owed. Borrowing in dollars ...

Wages grew by just 3.4 percent over the past year, well below the annual inflation rate of 3.8 percent, amid warnings of deepening real pay cuts for at least the next two years.

Newsday Zimbabwe ZIMBABWE loses approximately US$1,36 billion each year due to gender-based violence (GBV), according to preliminary findings of a study conducted by the World Bank in partnership with ...

Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest ...