Take seaweed, for instance.
For centuries, brown, green, and red algae growing naturally in salty coastal waters or strewn along shorelines has been gathered for consumption and sale –mostly by women – to support the nutritional and economic needs of rural families and communities. In more recent times, women have also dominated aquaculture production of seaweed.
“We need the means for our dreams to come true.” –Hafsat Abdullahi, Nigerian poet
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania recently bustled with immense energy and optimism. The ambitions and aspirations of young people were matched with commitments by African leaders to take action and invest in people toward a brighter future.
Today’s intertwined crises have brought new challenges for the health of women, children,
and adolescents, particularly those in the hardest to reach communities. The tepid post COVID-19 recovery in developing countries, along with shocks such as climate change, fragility, debt distress, food shortages and energy price increases, are constraining fiscal space and burdening already stretched health systems. This has meant stalled or even the reversal of progress.
challenge for Meghalaya. People living in rural areas find it difficult to access health services, especially during the rainy season between June and September.As pressure mounts on the world’s freshwater resources, closer international cooperation is 
needed to manage the world’s shared rivers, aquifers, and lakes. For decades, the World Bank Group has supported programs to foster cooperation over water as part of ensuring water security for all in support of sustainable development and job creation.
Bank / Roselyn Fosuah Adjei, Director of Climate Change for the Ghana Forestry CoThe World Bank Group is aligning its financing with the Paris Agreement goals on climate change. This is important, as it keeps us focused on containing the warming of the earth to well below 2 degrees, and preferably 1.5 degrees Celsius, while achieving sustainable development and ending poverty. What does this mean and what will it take to achieve it? We asked Jennifer Sara, Global Director of the World Bank’s Climate Change Group; and Stephane Guimbert, Director of Operations Policy & Country Services to explain.
The National Recovery Program Bureau (NRPB) is pleased to announce an upcoming
procurement information session aimed at raising awareness among the local, regional, and even the international market on essential aspects when bidding for Sint Maarten Trust Fund projects. This initiative seeks to promote transparency, inclusivity, and efficiency in the procurement process while enhancing the potential for participation of small companies in Sint Maarten.
LONDON, July 10 2023 – The World Bank today announced the 15 Chief Executive Officers and Chairs who will make up the Private Sector Investment Lab. The founding members comprise a core group charged with developing solutions to address the barriers to private sector investment in emerging markets. The quality of their individual – and combined – expertise, leadership, and success in business and finance underscores the growing momentum, and level of commitment, for public and private collaboration to address global challenges and urgently scale development solutions.
Over one hundred participants converged in Mumbai for networking and to share lessons
learned from three years of TechEmerge sustainable cooling pilots. Leading corporates—including Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL), Chalet Hotels, Tata Realty, and others—joined IFC India Country Head, Wendy Werner, and TechEmerge manager, Selcuk Tanatar, for a deep dive on the future of cooling and financing mechanisms to scale up these climate-smart solutions. A representative from our development partner, the UK’s Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, delivered opening remarks. The event also included the signing of an MoU among IFC, the Indian Institute for Technology in Jammu, and district-energy company Tabreed, our partner in the TechEmerge Cooling Innovation Lab in India.
Please keep an eye out for more TechEmerge events showcasing sustainable cooling innovations and financing tools, including a global summit in October in Birmingham in the UK.
spurring economic growth and providing opportunities for greater social equality. 
Netherlands for the World Bank 
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