Valerie Hickey is the Director for Environment at the World Bank Group. In this role, she leads a global team that leverages data, knowledge, and partnerships to ensure that the WBG’s public and ...

Indermit Gill is Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. Before starting this position on September 1, 2022, Gill served as the World Bank’s Vice ...

About The World Bank The World Bank Group has a bold vision: to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. In more than 100 countries, the World Bank Group provides financing, advice, and ...

In 2005, India introduced a national anti-poverty program, now called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, which offered up to 100 days of unskilled manual labor per year on ...

Somik V. Lall is Director of Strategy in the Office of the World Bank Group Chief Economist. Lall has held various leadership positions across the World Bank Group including Senior Adviser to the ...

Guangzhe Chen is the Vice President for the World Bank Group Planet Vice Presidency. In this role, he leads the World Bank Group’s work on climate; food systems and agribusiness; environment, forestry ...

Gender; family economics; demography; political economy; fertility; family planning; sexual and reproductive health; women's social networks; son preference; sex ratio imbalances; women's work; ...

What is Transit-Oriented Development? Transit-oriented development (TOD) is a planning and design strategy that consists in promoting urban development that is compact, mixed-use, pedestrian- and ...

The Nepal Human Capital Review tells the story of unrealized talent and unrealized potential. At its core lies a powerful question: What would Nepal’s labor productivity look like if every child—no ...

Mamta started as Vice President for the People Vice Presidency at the World Bank on July 1, 2020. In this role she oversees the Global Practices for Education; Health, Nutrition, and Population; ...

The WBG’s work on climate is and will remain firmly client driven, supporting them in delivering on their own ambitions as set out in their national plans and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs ...

Immersive Story June 22, 2026 Knowledge to Impact: Research Driving Policy for Cleaner Commutes, Safer Water, and Breathable Air ...