World Bank Group

NEW | More than 50 of 103 economies examined have a national climate framework law enacted, drafted, or in preparation, but such laws deliver results only when regulations, institutional mandates, staffing, resources, investment pipelines and oversight systems follow.

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1/ AI can help teachers spot struggling students. It can’t teach a child to read or replace a teacher.

Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies will enter the workforce, many into jobs AI is reshaping. Nearly 7 in 10 children in low- and middle-income countries can’t read a simple text by age 10.

“This means jobs. This means security.”

For Aubrey and families across Zambia, copper creates livelihoods and opportunity. A new Metals and Minerals country compact aims to help Zambia turn its mineral wealth into even more jobs and economic opportunities.

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Access to international finance has improved. The price of finance has not.

For the poorest countries, new private borrowing cost an average 8.2% in 2025, the highest since 1989.

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People in South Asia are living longer, but not necessarily healthier. A person born today can expect to live to 72, with only 61 healthy years.

How can stronger pensions, health and long-term care systems help the region prepare for an aging population?

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