“As water stress increases, so do the risks of local or regional conflict. UNESCO’s message is clear: if we want to preserve peace, we must act swiftly not only to safeguard water resources but also ...

An urgent reconsideration of rural development is needed for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The current strategies and patterns of rural development are failing to meet either ...

The World Development Report 2021: Data for Better Lives underscored today’s unprecedented generation and flow of digital data and noted that much of the value remains untapped. To realize the ...

Philip Wollburg is Senior Economist at the World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS). His research interests include agriculture, poverty, and the impacts of shocks in low-income countries.