As countries work to advance the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), supreme audit institutions (SAIs) are emerging as critical partners in assessing countries’ public finance and the effectiveness ...

Chinese megacity ranks in the world’s five most powerful metros after New York, Tokyo and Los Angeles, with a GDP of 5.67 trillion yuan.

North Korean soldiers were seen practicing marching formations in preparation for a possible parade ahead of the country's ...

Ad Policy Full public forum at the Teatro Colón for Progressive International’s Nuestra América Summit Saturday and Sunday, January 24–25, 2026. (Seth Garben) B ogotá— Do ...

The 2026 Report is the final installment in a trilogy on development through uncertainty, building on the 2023–24 HDR on political polarization and the 2025 HDR on AI-driven transformations. This ...

Water sources are being depleted faster than they can be restored, according to a new report from United Nations researchers.

Amid chronic groundwater depletion, water overallocation, land and soil degradation, deforestation, and pollution, all compounded by global heating, a UN report today declared the dawn of an era of ...

Frontier market economies have failed to ​live up to their potential in recent decades, suffering from a sharp slowdown in investment ‌growth while domestic capital markets remained underdeveloped, ...

Climate change is rapidly shaping health outcomes, social vulnerability, and human development worldwide. Rising temperatures, more frequent heatwaves, worsening air pollution, and the spread of ...

A new World Bank World Development Report 2025, Standards for Development, reveals that international standards—governing everything from food labeling to 5G technology—are becoming one of the most ...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2025— A proliferating set of international standards—covering everything from food labeling to the specifications of 5G cellular networks—is steadily reshaping the global economic ...