Edge computing increases energy efficiency, reduces latency, and provides context awareness for compute-intensive applications far from data centers, increasing the viability of technologies such as autonomous transport and augmented and virtual reality. The emerging technologies curation series...

The Global Tax Program Health Taxes Knowledge Note Series focuses on topics linked to implementation of health taxes, or excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic drinks, and sugar-sweetened beverages. The purpose of this series is to provide policy makers with an overview of relevant issues and...

40 Jahre im Dienst der Entwicklungshilfe, die Weltbank passt ihre Strategie den wechselnden Aufgaben an / Hans G. Petersmann -- Anpassung und Wachstum in der Dritten Welt, der Beitrag der Weltbank / Alden W. Clausen -- Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und die Weltbank, Partner der...