Digital pathfinders: The role of youth in the online gig economy

Can you imagine a job where you can decide where to work, when to work, and which20150625-zambia-hoel-5313_1140x500.jpg projects to work on? According to our recent data analysis, this is exactly how 243 million youth around the world are challenging the traditional career path, particularly in developing countries where they seek higher pay and jobs that are not easily available close to home.

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Women Helping Women Out of Poverty—One Business at a Time

At 2 a.m. in the quiet streets of Balykchy, a small town in the Kyrgyz Republic, most peoplealtynai-arzymatova-kyrgyzstan-2023_035-edit-1440x810 are deep in the embrace of their dreams.

But for Altynai Arzymatova, a 34-year-old single mother of three, the day is already getting started.

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Building Green: Sustainable Construction in Emerging Markets

 

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Switching to greener technologies in construction and operation of buildings and materials, combined with more climate-friendly capital markets, could reduce the construction value chain’s carbon footprint 23 percent by 2035, while creating investment opportunities in emerging markets, according to a major report from the International Finance Corporation.