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A new vision for early childhood education in the Middle East and North Africa
Getting ready for the challenge, together From February 19-23, 2017, fifteen countries in the Middle East and North Africa convened in Kuwait City to discuss the future of early childhood education in...
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Iraq: Emergency Project Rebuilding Bridges, Roads, Water, Wastewater,...
In eastern Iraq’s Diyala governorate, a bridge connects two cities—Baquba on one bank of the river and Muqdadya on the other. Nothing remarkable about that, you might think, until you know that this...
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Pushing the development boundaries – Morocco’s intangible pathway to...
In his 2014 annual address known as the ‘Throne speech’, King Mohammed VI of Morocco focused on the less visible but critical aspects of development such as the quality of institutions, the quality of...
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Women driving the Middle East and North Africa forward, one business...
Our continued belief in the enormous resourcefulness, resilience and sheer drive of young Arab women has yet again been reconfirmed. In Cairo, Yara Yassin and Rania Rafie are agents of change. These...
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Putting one more piece in the global poverty puzzle: the case of Algeria
Old street of Ghardaia's ancient town Photo: By NataliaMilko | Shutterstock.com The World Bank Group (WBG) has clear goals to end poverty by 2030 and to promote shared prosperity in every country,...
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Here’s looking at you, kid!
Well, what other title could you possibly give this post? This photograph is of a group of young Moroccan men and women, gathered here to meet with their potential German employers. Where? … in...
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Connecting Palestinian cities for a more sustainable future
Hebrew (pdf)Cities expand in the blink of an eye, and with such rapid growth come corresponding issues. This is immediately apparent when you drive through a Palestinian city and observe the severe...
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The jobs crisis in Palestine needs an innovative response
Hebrew (pdf)Landing a job after college can be difficult anywhere, but it is especially hard in conflict-affected economies, such as Palestine. Joblessness and job insecurity are an unfortunate reality...
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Solar Energy — putting power back into the hands of ordinary Gazans
Also available in: العربية | Hebrew New residential rooftop solar system in Gaza Photo: Engineer Hussein Al-Nabih"We have electricity for two hours every 24 hours," says a high-ranking energy official...
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Citizen Report Cards for Better Citizen Engagement and Accountability:...
Photo: Dominic Chavez Engaging with citizens to obtain their views on the quality of service and the responsiveness of governmental bodies is uncommon in Egypt. The water and sanitation sector is no...
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Education for education’s sake? The conundrum facing Palestinian youth
When it comes to education and human development, the Palestinian territories have traditionally outperformed countries with similar GNI per capita as well as its neighbors in the Middle East and North...
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The economic impact of the Syrian conflict: Estimate it yourself
Everyone agrees that conflicts impose huge costs on economies, including massive destruction of infrastructure and housing, disruption of trade, transport and production, not to mention the loss of...
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Watering the Future: Seizing Water’s Potential to Support Development and...
History repeats, history rhymes and sometimes history regresses. Wandering through cities and fields in the Middle East and North Africa a thousand years ago, you would have been struck by the security...
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Water security in Morocco
From August 27 to 31, 2017, Stockholm, Sweden's capital city, will host World Water Week, the World Bank-organized annual conference on water and water management. A special session on Tuesday, August...
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Will decentralization in Tunisia bring young people into the political...
Young people played a critical role in the 2011 Tunisian revolution and have made their voices heard ever since. Yet their engagement continues to be outside mainstream politics, as reflected by the...
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#InternationalDayofPeace: the dreams of Syrian refugees
In December 2014 and January 2015, I took a leave of absence from the World Bank to volunteer in a UNHCR refugee camp in Iraq. The Kawergosk refugee camp is home to about 10,000 Syrian refugees. Just...
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Taa Marbouta, the secret of the Egyptian Women
. The year 2017 has been declared by the Egyptian President as the Year of the Egyptian Woman. Following this declaration, the National Council of Women (NCW) launched an awareness-raising campaign...
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Back to School 2017
On the heels of the first World Development Report focused entirely on education, and its critical importance for stable and inclusive societies, we launch our annual ‘Back to School’ series that...
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Back to School 2017 – Part II
This is the second part of our interview with with Safaa El Tayeb El-Kogali, World Bank Practice Manager in the Education Global Practice, on the challenges faced by the region’s education systems and...
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A school called Eucalyptus where a tutoring program promotes Citizenship Skills.
The Lycée Eucalyptus, a high school in Nice, France, sits close to the airport, surrounded to the west and north by a resolutely working-class neighborhood and by a more middle-class area to the east....
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