A Year after Pakistan’s Deluge: How community-centric public works support the most vulnerable

A year later, the flood water has receded, but the impacts still loom large. The numbers are staggering – over 33 million people affected, 8
How do you educate to decode the unknown?

Picture yourself in 1989, right before the creation of the World Wide Web. Imagine that you knew, before anyone else, the impact that the Internet
Energy-efficient technology can help modernize South Asia’s economies

New energy-saving technologies offer South Asian countries an opportunity to modernize their economies, and will be an integral part of their energy transition. The energy intensity
Unlocking climate solutions: Leveraging financial markets for global decarbonization

With 2023 set to be the warmest year since records began in the mid-1800s, the transition to a decarbonized economy has become an urgent priority
How do we measure poverty in Paraguay for more agile responses?

2020 household survey, in line with international good practices, SWIFT was used by the Bureau of Statistics and the World Bank to restore the comparability
The effect of climate policies on firms’ financing and investment: New evidence and policy options

Investors in low-carbon infrastructure and technologies need clear policies and environmental metrics to assess firms. This column analyses the effect of climate mitigation policies on
The role of data skills in the modern labour market

Data collection, processing and analysis skills are in high demand in today’s labour markets and are increasingly found in non-digital industries. This column applies natural
Corporate investment: Cyclical slowdown versus structural needs

ECB President Christine Lagarde used her speech at Jackson Hole in August to draw attention to pressing structural investment needs. This column introduces the 2023
HP forecasts 2024 profit in line with estimates, boosts annual dividend

HP Inc on Tuesday forecast fiscal 2024 earnings largely in line with estimates and raised its annual dividend, reflecting stabilizing demand in the personal computers market.
Adobe unveils new image generation tools in AI push

Adobe on Tuesday said it is rolling out new image-generation technology that can draw inspiration from an uploaded image and match its style, in its latest

