Doing Business 2017 (World Bank)

http://www.doingbusiness.org/~/media/WBG/DoingBusiness/Documents/Annual-Reports/English/DB17-Full-Report.pdf

Afghanistan: Addressing urbanization challenges in conflict-affected areas (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/sustainablecities/afghanistan-addressing-urbanization-challenges-conflict-affected-areas

Learning from each other – Togo and Cote d’Ivoire lead way in Gender Equality in Africa (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/learning-each-other-togo-and-cote-d-ivoire-lead-way-gender-equality-africa

Taking stock of progress and prospects in Moldova (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/europeandcentralasia/taking-stock-progress-and-prospects-moldova

On International Migrants Day, unlocking prosperity through mobility (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/international-migrants-day-understanding-human-development-impacts-mobility

Why Do Harmful Norms Persist? Female Genital Cutting in Burkina Faso: Guest post by Lindsey Novak (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/impactevaluations/why-do-harmful-norms-persist-female-genital-cutting-burkina-faso-guest-post-lindsey-novak

Join Sri Lanka’s journey to end poverty and promote prosperity (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/join-sri-lanka-s-journey-end-poverty-and-promote-prosperity

Tackling the vital challenge of financing the world’s water infrastructure needs (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/water/tackling-vital-challenge-financing-world-s-water-infrastructure-needs

It’s not just women that need to support gender equality in the workplace (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/europeandcentralasia/it-s-not-just-women-need-support-gender-equality-workplace

Great Gatsby Goes to College (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/publicsphere/great-gatsby-goes-college

International trade and integration: The latest research (The World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/rundown-latest-research-international-trade-and-integration

A tale of… cities (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/ppps/tale-cities

Measuring livestock for livelihoods (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/measuring-livestock-livelihoods

It’s time to make public financial disclosure efficient and effective (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/voices/it-s-time-make-public-financial-disclosure-efficient-and-effective

A new global agenda: Implications for the role of the World Bank (Amar Bhattacharya, Homi Kharas, Brookings)

The new global agenda hammered out in 2015 is more comprehensive in scope, more universal in its relevance to countries across the income spectrum, and more ambitious in its targets than the MDG agenda of 2000-2015. The three central goals now are to reignite growth, deliver on the sustainable development goals (SDGs), and ramp up actions in line with the ambitions of the Paris climate agreement.

https://www.brookings.edu/research/a-new-global-agenda-implications-for-the-role-of-the-world-bank/

Going from more to better jobs (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/going-more-better-jobs

Enabling children to grow: Tackling the multiple determinants of nutrition (World Bank)

http://blogs.worldbank.org/endpovertyinsouthasia/enabling-children-grow-tackling-multiple-determinants-nutrition

World Bank Approved as the First SDR Bond Issuer in China (World Bank)

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2016/08/12/world-bank-approved-as-the-first-sdr-bond-issuer-in-china

Africa’s Unexplored Potential of Trade in Services (World Bank)

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2016/08/04/africas-unexplored-potential-of-trade-in-services

Rising up from the Ashes, Gujarat ramps up Disaster Preparedness (World Bank)

http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/feature/2016/05/23/rising-up-from-the-ashes-gujarat-ramps-up-disaster-preparedness