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    Technical Perspectives
    April 11, 2023

    What the World Bank’s Country Climate and Development Reports Tell Us About the Debt-Climate Nexus in Low-income Countries

    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    Boat on river in front of palm trees.
    • Finance
    • climate finance
    • development
    Cities
    Latin America
    Update
    October 18, 2022

    Bogotá and Cali Connect Local Action to National Ambition to Transform the Buildings Sector

    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Aerial view of Bogota, Colombia
    • Buildings
    • net-zero emissions
    • development
    • Cities
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    January 25, 2022

    3 Façons de Lutter contre les Pertes et le Gaspillage des Aliments en Afrique

    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    January 25, 2022

    3 Ways to Tackle Food Loss and Waste in Africa

    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    In Rwanda, women’s cooperatives organize farmers to both improve agriculture and the environment.
    • circular economy
    • Food Loss and Waste
    Freshwater
    Latin America
    Insights
    August 30, 2021

    Improving Water Security Helps Reduce the Gender Gap in Mexico City

    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    A woman selling snacks from a cart in the middle of a busy plaza in Mexico City.
    • Forests
    • Gender
    • drought
    • infrastructure
    • water risk
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    January 14, 2021

    Nigeria Moves Toward a Sustainable COVID-19 Recovery

    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Gender
    A sprawling city underneath a cloudy sky.
    • Climate
    • Economics
    • Climate Resilience
    • coronavirus
    • climate change
    • fossil fuels
    • Gender
    Cities
    Africa Latin America
    Insights
    December 18, 2020

    Developing Cities Need Cash. Land Value Capture Can Help

    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • land use
    • development
    • Finance
    • Urban Development
    People walk on and around an outdoor escalator at a train station in Shenzhen.
    • Cities
    • infrastructure
    • land use
    • development
    • Finance
    • Urban Development
    Climate
    Africa
    Insights
    July 29, 2020

    Missing Links Between Electricity Access and Development Priorities in Africa

    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Nurses care for newborns at a maternity hospital in Sierra Leone. Photo by Dominic Chavez/World Bank.
    • Energy Access
    • Energy
    • sustainable development goals
    • electric grid
    • development
    • agriculture
    • health
    • low carbon development
    Food
    Africa
    Insights
    June 11, 2020

    Africa’s Restoration Entrepreneurs Aid in COVID-19 Response

    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    A man working on a farm.
    • Forests
    • agriculture
    • Food
    • food security
    • Food Loss and Waste
    • restoration
    Equity & Governance
    Asia Latin America
    Insights
    December 20, 2019

    Ensuring a "Just Transition": 5 Priorities to Make Climate Action Benefit Low-Income and Disadvantaged Groups

    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    A youth group marching in Paris, with a banner that says "climate justice = social justice." Photo by Andreas Link/Young FoEE
    • Climate
    • COP25
    • Paris Agreement
    • climate policy
    • Climate Equity
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • poverty
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Forests
    Latin America
    Insights
    October 17, 2019

    In a Small Amazonian Community, Agroforestry Takes Off

    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Gender
    Planting native trees in Juruti. Joana Oliveira/WRI Brasil
    • Forests
    • restoration
    • Gender
    Climate
    Initiatives
    August 15, 2019

    New Climate Economy

    Most of women covered by NHLP now have access to fresh vegetables for their meals and can even supply their surplus to be sold in the local market.
    Equity & Governance
    Africa
    Insights
    March 20, 2018

    Women Get Shortchanged in Commercial Land Deals—Despite National Commitments to Gender Equality

    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Woman in Tanzania.
    • Equity & Governance
    • Sustainable Development Goal 5
    • Gender
    • land rights
    • Indigenous Peoples & Local Communities
    Equity & Governance
    Insights
    July 28, 2016

    Why Are Women Left Out of Land Decisions, Despite Gender Equity Laws?

    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights
    Indigenous women, Philippines
    • Equity & Governance
    • Gender
    • human rights
    • land rights

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