pollution; inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene; natural disasters (such as flooding and landslides); and land …

. According to International Telecommunication Union (ITU) two thirds of the world's population are now online. Estimates of the … sector. Meanwhile, one-third of the world's population, or 2.6 billion people, remain unconnected to the internet. The large …

, prices for both mobile communications and fixed broadband are higher in the DR than in peer countries. Following the World …

alleviation. Global Economic Prospects is a World Bank Group Flagship Report that examines global economic developments and …

growth from energy and resource use, as well as associated carbon emissions and pollution. However, decoupling does not …

The Lao PDR sits at the intersection of four critical ecoregions and is home to some of the world's biologically … protected areas, and expansion of agriculture and settlements. This World Bank report outlines key challenges and priority …

the world's highest levels of exposure to floods and extreme heat. However, building climate resilience also offers an … accelerated decarbonization and changing consumption and production patterns in the rest of the world. With the right policy …

Like most countries in the world, Vietnam is increasingly seeing its development affected by climate change. With a … climate change around the world. Vietnam has historically had very low greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but over the past two … decades, it has seen some of the fastest emissions growth rates in the world. From 2000 to 2015, as GDP per capita increased …