World Bank News
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Millions of women still landless despite global push for equalityPatriarchal attitudes towards women and girls and a lack of knowledge of their own rights prevent millions of women from owning land. -
How can Cambodian farming survive climate change?Rural and poor, Cambodia is one of the world's most threatened countries by climate change. How is the country's critical agricultural sector adapting to increasingly severe, unpredictable weather events?
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Five ways healthier food can save the world from climate changeHere is why managing food supply is key to controlling climate change. -
Seven charts that show the world is actually becoming a better placeFor the first time ever since the Industrial Revolution, the world has seen half of its population rise as the global middle class, indicating improved living standards and prosperity that is more shared across the globe.
World Bank Opinion
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How has the World Bank dispossessed the rural poor?– The global financial institution has advocated for reforms that favour agribusiness and ignore peasants and indigenous peoples whose livelihoods depend on traditional land use. -
The right investments to address the human capital crisis– The world faces a growing human capital crisis that demands urgent attention. By making the right investments in people, especially the poorest and most vulnerable, we can help to give them the health, knowledge, and skills they need to realize their full potential. -
Suing the World Bank Group to save its mission– Indian farmers and fishermen are suing the World Bank Group over the environmental and health impacts of a coal-fired power plant project.
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