Ending Gender-Based Violence: A 10-year Retrospective
Join us as we explore projects supported by the World Bank to end gender-based violence and find out what spurred the institution to shift its approach about a decade ago.
Droughts and Deficits: Unlocking the Potential of Green Water
An overlooked, but powerful tool in mitigating drought, green water is soil moisture in the root zone. Our Expert Answers explains how it can shield economic growth from the impact of drought.
How a new financing pact can help climate-vulnerable countries
The international community must rally to devise and agree on concrete solutions to climate change at this fall’s UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai this fall.
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