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How can we put the poor on the map, in a very real sense, to drive smarter investment and policy decisions? This Wednesday, at the Spring Meetings, I will be joined by colleagues Marie-Chantal Uwanyiligira and Julio Mariscal for a Knowledge Café on how geospatial tools are helping us better

To leave no one behind, we need to know where they are and what’s holding them back. At the World Bank Knowledge Café, held as part of the #WBMeetings, we explored how geospatial analysis helps us see who is underserved and how to reach them, by turning mapping data into

Great to team up with Filipe López-Calva Luis Felipe López-Calva & Julio Mariscal Julio Mariscal at the World Bank Knowledge Cafe to showcase how geospatial data drives faster service delivery & unlocks innovative finance for the poorest. Africa should leverage this at scale! #WBMeetings

Poverty reduction must remain at the top of the agenda. Glad to share the release of the Spring 2025 edition of the World Bank Poverty and Equity Briefs (PEBs) — a key resource to understand poverty, shared prosperity, and inequality trends in 128 developing countries. Each

What connects growth, poverty, and resilience beneath the surface, and how can we use that knowledge to drive change? Join us in a global conversation hosted by the World Bank and PNUD América Latina y el Caribe to explore how complexity science and network-based methods are reshaping how we

As we mark #InternationalLaborDay, I invite you to explore our newly released World Bank brief: "Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Jobs Update: Insights from Labor Force Surveys". Jobs constitute the primary mechanism for poverty reduction. In Latin America, jobs

Looking forward to this important conversation on how complexity science and network-based methods can transform the way we design development policy. Join us online TODAY at 9:00 AM (EST) for this event hosted by the World Bank Poverty Global Department and PNUD América Latina y el Caribe, featuring

It was a pleasure to participate virtually in the "Rethinking Resilience: Building Sustainable Futures in a World of Polycrisis" event hosted jointly by Food and Agriculture Organization and the World Bank Institute for Economic Development in Rome. Drawing on insights from two recent studies, the event

Last week, we had the fascinating opportunity to explore innovative research methods at the event “Thinking about Development Differently: Complexity and Network-Based Approaches for Policy,” hosted by the World Bank Poverty Global Department and PNUD América Latina y el Caribe. These approaches move

Since 2021, the Global Data Facility ensures funding for data and statistics in low- and middle-income countries. Under this initiative, the Mobile Phone Data (MPD) for Policy supports low- and middle-income countries using mobile phone data for policy and statistics purposes.

Hace tres años, una hora inolvidable conversando con Pepe Mujica en su chacra. Se ha ido un grande. Descanse en Paz.

People living in poverty are disproportionately settled in hazard-prone areas increasing their exposure to natural disasters. In addition, their lack of assets contributes to their vulnerability to shocks. This World Bank Policy Research Working Paper “Climate Risk and Poverty

An honor to be in Brasilia, representing World Bank, at the Second Meeting of the Brazil-Africa Dialogue. President Lula Da Silva (Lula) delivered a great speech, stressing “the enormous debt Brazil has with Africa, which cannot be paid with money, but with cooperation,

A learning experience to represent the World Bank at the II Brazil Africa Dialogue. Today’s ministerial session was opened by Ms. Janja Lula Silva, First Lady of Brazil, and brought renewed momentum for Brazil Africa cooperation. Brazil's Minister of Finance Fernando Haddad

In contexts of economic downturns, targeting investments towards young, innovative companies that are generating jobs, rather than all small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), could be an effective strategy to foster growth, with potential long-term impacts on poverty

The Middle East and North Africa region grew a modest 1.9% in 2024 and is expected to grow 2.6% in 2025. Development is constrained by the absence of a thriving private sector, a declining labor market productivity, large and persistent informality rates and the exclusion of