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Latest on World Bank Blogs Let's Talk Development Building strong fiscal foundations: Essential strategies for pacific island countries to withstand and recover from economic shocks June 23, 2025 Ibrahim ChowdhuryAnders Hjorth AgerskovEkaterine T. VashakmadzeChristopher Wong https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/developmenttalk/building-strong-fiscal-foundations--essential-strategies-for-pac0 Africa Can End Poverty Can Africa Claim the 21st Century? June 20, 2025 Andrew DabalenChorching Goh https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/africacan/can-africa-claim-the-21st-century-afe-0625 Africa Can End Poverty Unlocking energy, jobs and opportunity for Africa’s growing young population June 20, 2025 Makena IreriLolade AbiolaWadzanayi MuchenjeJohanna Christine GalanCaroline Makenzi https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/africacan/unlocking-energy-jobs-and-opportunity-for-africas-growing-young-population-afe-0625 Development Impact Weekly links June 20: refugee attitudes and jobs, cash transfers and infant mortality, multiple frictions, and more… June 20, 2025 David McKenzie https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/impactevaluations/weekly-links-june-20--refugee-attitudes-and-jobs--cash-transfers Agriculture & Food Think global, act local: South Asia’s moment to transform food loss into opportunity June 19, 2025 Geeta SethiSrivalli Krishnan https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/agfood/south-asia-s-moment-to-transform-food-loss-into-opportunity