
Cultural Rights in the Digital Age: Inclusive Access, Fair Participation, and Rights-Based Governance
Event September 30, 2025 - Venue/Format: SALA 133-134, Barcelona International Convention Center (CCIB), Barcelona, SpainOrganizer: OHCHR
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.

Second Africa Climate Summit
Event September 8 – 10, 2025 - Venue/Format: Addis Ababa, EthiopiaOrganizer: African Union
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.
Behind the scenes: How we work with creditors on debt transparency.
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )Earlier this year, the World Bank conducted the second round of a Data Sharing Exercise with G-7 and Paris Club creditors.
Private capital for infrastructure: Resilience amid uncertainty, urgency amid gaps
Stories & Blogs World Bank (Blog )As the global economy continues to adapt to macroeconomic shifts, infrastructure investment remains a critical driver of job creation, long-term development opportunities and resilience.

AI & the Future of Human Capital in the Global South: A World Bank-George Washington University Knowledge Symposium
Event September 29, 2025, - Venue/Format: GW School of Engineering and Applied Science, Washington DC., USA (in-person only)Organizer: World Bank

INC-5.2 Pre-event: West African voices in plastics controls and innovative recycling
Event August 4, 2025 - Venue/Format: Palais des Nations. H-Building, Room H-207-208-209, Geneva, SwitzerlandOrganizer: UNCTAD
Turning carbon into opportunity: how Africa’s carbon markets can power people and deliver the SDGs
Stories & Blogs UNDP-Africa (Blog )From clean energy to climate-smart agriculture, the green transition in Africa will require trillions of dollars.This transformation is essential, yet it cannot be funded by governments alone.