
Meeting on serviceification and trade in services: Unlocking opportunities for developing economies
Event September 12, 2025 - Venue/Format: Beijing, ChinaOrganizer: UNCTAD

13th International Conference on Sustainable Development
Event September 10 -11, 2025 - Venue/Format: Rome, ItalyOrganizer: European Center of Sustainable Development
From water to electricity: The rural-urban infrastructure gap in seven charts.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )In Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, rural areas still house the majority of the population.
People-centered AI in education: Five lessons from the Global South.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )In just six weeks, secondary school students in Edo, Nigeria participating in an after-school program combining AI tutoring with teacher guidance, achieved learning gains of 0.31 standard deviations, equivalent to roughly 1.5–2 years of typical schooling.
Ethiopia’s new digital health information system contributes to major improvements in maternal and health care.
Stories & Blogs IFPRI (Blog )In Africa, digital technologies are rapidly changing the way health care is provided, monitored, and evaluated.