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Woman holding crop of peanuts. Mali. Photo: Ray Witlin / World Bank

What have we learned about job creation in crop agriculture?

Lessons for building on the World Bank’s unprecedented health and social response to COVID-19

Lessons for building on the World Bank’s unprecedented health and social response to COVID-19

Mr. Gregory K. Ingram, Director for OED, speaking at OED's 30th anniversary event in 2002, Preston Auditorium, Washington, D.C. Seated from left are Ms. Jan Piercy, former US Executive Director and CODE Chair; Mr. Prem C. Garg, Director, Quality Assurance Group; and Ms. Joanne Salop, Vice President for Office of the Managing Director. Photo: World Bank Group/Michele Iannacci

The World Bank and the legacy of the Wapenhans report

Orange sunset and cloud over cityscape Kiev, Ukraine, Europe

Україна: Досвід, який стане підґрунтям для прийняття рішень у (сподіваємося) недалекому майбутньому

Orange sunset and cloud over cityscape Kiev, Ukraine, Europe

Ukraine: Lessons to inform the (hopefully) not too distant future

Foreman controls the recycle waste separation of recyclable waste plants. Waste plastic bottles and other types of plastic waste.

Can the Private Sector Accelerate the Shift to a Circular Economy?

A man surrounded by vegetables and greens at his place at Indian Bazaar. A mix of colors and textures. Captured in India, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi.

Sustainable Diversification of Agrifood Economies – Insights and Lessons

A public primary school in the village of Amoronimania, Madagascar.

The World Bank in Madagascar: adapting to fragility and governance challenges

Farmer feeding chickens in the farm.

Complementary Interventions for Agrifood System Development – Insights and Lessons

Interview with Mr. Willi A. Wapenhans, left and Mr. P. Karieti, right.

How the Wapenhans report came to change the World Bank 30 years ago

Chu Se District, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam - March 5, 2022: Ethnic minority children are happy to use clean water in Chu Se District, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam

Addressing rural water supply gaps with performance-based financing: lessons from Vietnam

Fruits and vegetables at the local market in India.

Building inclusive, productive, and sustainable agrifood systems