How the World Bank's IDA21 can strengthen education and early childhood development in fragile, conflict, and violence settings

Here are five reasons the IRC's Emergency Watchlist ranks Ethiopia as the country, after Afghanistan, most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.

Sudan is now the country with the largest number of displaced people and the largest child displacement crisis in the world.

People living in lower-income countries are bearing the brunt of climate change—despite that they are least responsible for rising CO2 emissions. Afghanistan is a case in point.

As we mark 12 years of the Syrian conflict, a new report documents how targeted violence against health care personnel and infrastructure has impeded vital sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care, resulting in far-reaching tolls on the health and wellbeing of women, girls, and health care professionals. The devastating earthquake that struck southern Türkyie and northern Syria in February 2023 has compounded already precarious access to health care in the region, contributing to the collapse of the fragile health care system in northwest Syria.

Humanitarian need and political instability grow as armed groups expand their control of northern Burkina Faso. Learn more about why Burkina Faso features on the IRC’s 2023 Emergency Watchlist....

In order to meet the World Bank’s updated mission to eliminate extreme poverty on a livable planet, it is essential that the World Bank International Development Association (IDA) is resourced and impactful in conflict-affected Least Developed Countries (LDCs) where extreme poverty and climate impacts are increasingly concentrated.