📚#Education is power, as @Nadia_Nadim’s mom taught her early on. Today, Nadia is a pro⚽️ player, reconstructive surgeon, UNESCO 🏛️ #Education #Sciences #Culture 🇺🇳 girls + women’s advocate, and master of 9 languages. 🎧Listen to IFC’s #CreativeDevelopment podcast: wrld.bg/HMNa50SjkNO

10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the latest WorldBank #FoodSecurity Update. ⬇️ wrld.bg/QV7q50SkWOn

When writer Daniel Alarcón was living in Lima, he discovered a curious book about public speaking. In this short, he celebrates the book’s delightful idiosyncrasies before breaking down its deeper and rather earnest purpose Pop-Up Magazine Daniel Alarcón aeon.co/videos/the-lit…

Countries across Europe and Central Asia are facing an ageing crisis and labor shortages. Learn how unlocking the economic potential of refugees can help meet these challenges in a new blog by the WorldBank's @anbassani and Michal Rutkowski: wrld.bg/lwv750SmifU #WorldRefugeeDay

"The eight-hour workday is a curse from the distant past. Now, we work in five-minute increments and break when our chakras are misaligned." mcsweeneys.net/articles/worki…

Outdated data: As of 2022, nearly one-third of all countries' #Gini coefficients were based on data older than five years. What are the implications? Check out this blog featuring our new inequality indicator: wrld.bg/qvwe50Smy6w

The WorldBank Group remains deeply concerned by the humanitarian catastrophe that continues to unfold in #Gaza. Read the full statement:wrld.bg/vwGp50SqwgF

What is blue carbon and why is it important in the fight against climate change? Read our new #ClimateExplainer to find out: wrld.bg/lvla50SsijE #UnlockingBlueCarbon

One in five people worldwide are living with mental health disorders, and over 80% of them are living in low- and middle-income countries, reports ADB. ‘Poverty and poor mental health are intertwined. Poverty increases the risk of mental illness and those with untreated mental

Carlos Yulo secures Philippines first GOLD medal at #Paris2024! 🇵🇭🥇

The first-ever gymnastics Olympic medal for the Philippines 👏 🇵🇭 Carlos Yulo scored a 15.000 on floor to secure gold and make history 🥇

HE'S DONE IT AGAIN! 🇵🇭 Carlos Yulo is a two-time Olympic champion! Two golds in two days! 🥇🥇

Did you know that a #PriceOnCarbon is increasingly being considered in new sectors such as aviation, shipping and waste? Check out the “State and Trends of Carbon Pricing 2024” report to learn more: wrld.bg/BUtX50SnzCe

Only around 50% of academic papers focus on low- and middle-income countries, despite these countries comprising over 80% of the global population. See how WorldBank Policy Research Papers help bridge this gap: wrld.bg/ymGy50Tn3zx

Autumn has arrived too here in Tokyo. In Japan Autumnal Equinox is also the time of year for Buddhists where barrier between physical world and spirit world is at its thinnest.

Hello again, California

Inside World Bank hq. Quite different from its dull exterior. Staying in Washington DC this month, appreciating some rain after sizzling heat - last wk felt as hot as Manila

It’s Arab Culture Day today at WBG headquarters feat. Middle East music, food, while recognising hardships in Gaza, Palestine, Sudan and others in the region. Beautiful music from Syria plays. A kind person from Saudi chats about our mutual liking for rice. All hoping for peace.