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domingo, 16 de agosto de 2026

When aging meets digital & AI: Closing the silver digital divide for an aging world Bin ZhaiHe WangShu Yu August 06, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/digital-development/when-aging-meets-digital---ai--closing-the-silver-digital-divide We are living through two megatrends humanity has never seen before. The first is aging. Populations over 65 are growing not just in developed countries, but across many middle-income economies. As societies age, the strains pile up: fewer workers, weaker demand, overstretched health systems, and rising risks to long-term fiscal sustainability.

The world is urbanizing fast — the window to get it right is narrowing Abhas JhaDivyanshi Wadhwa August 06, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/the-world-is-urbanizing-fast---the-window-to-get-it-right-is-nar The most important urban decisions of this century are being made right now, mostly in cities you've never heard of. Today, 4.7 billion people, about 58 percent of the world's population, live in urban areas. By 2050, that share will cross 70 percent. The bulk of that growth won't happen in megacities. The next chapter of urbanization will be defined by the rapid spread of smaller cities across the globe, many of them in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where planning capacity is weakest and fiscal resources are thinnest. That combination should concentrate minds.

Commodity prices broadly unchanged in July — Pink Sheet John BaffesMaria Hazel Macadangdang August 06, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/commodity-prices-broadly-unchanged-in-july---pink-sheet The energy price index eased 1.1% in July, driven by declines in coal (-4.8%) and crude oil (-2.2%), partly offset by a 19.1% surge in Europe natural gas, according to the World Bank's Pink Sheet. The non-energy index was broadly unchanged.

What does it take to sustain job creation? Lessons from five countries Jiwon LeeRafaela Martinho HenriquesKersten Stamm August 11, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/developmenttalk/what-does-it-take-to-sustain-job-creation--lessons-from-five-cou Emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) face a jobs challenge of historic proportions. Between 2025 and 2035, around 1.2 billion young people in these economies are expected to reach working age, the largest youth cohort the world will likely ever see, according to a new World Bank Group study. In Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa, the coming wave of young people will be the largest these regions have seen to date. Creating sufficient job opportunities for these young women and men is therefore an urgent development policy priority.

How data and evidence can make anticorruption reforms more inclusive Francesca RecanatiniMonica Kirya August 12, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/governance/data-and-evidence-make-anticorruption-reforms-more-inclusive In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), one in five people report experiencing or knowing of sextortion — the exchange of sex, rather than money, for a public service — in their dealings with the state. In Kenya, women seeking public services are more than four times as likely as men to be asked directly for sexual favors. Numbers like these are why anticorruption data cannot afford to be gender-blind. Corruption does not affect everyone equally.

Violent punishment at home: How to help parents stop it? Alaka Holla August 12, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/investinpeople/violent-punishment-at-home-how-to-help-parents-stop-it Most parents who hit their children don't believe it works. That is a striking finding to emerge from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), a global data collection effort covering dozens of low- and middle-income countries. When caregivers are asked whether violent punishment - shaking, spanking, hitting with a hard object, or beating with an implement - is necessary to raise a child properly, most disagree. Yet across low- and middle-income countries, the same parents report that 60 percent of children aged 1-14 experience violent punishment at home. The gap between what parents believe and what they do is not a moral failure. It is a policy problem - and one we know how to solve.