Water is essential to driving job creation and ensuring dignified living.

Read the inspiring story of Emmanuel Minja, a Max Thabiso Edkins Youth Ambassador whose work in Tanzania is empowering young women to become water stewards in their communities: https://t.co/q3KnzELU5s https://t.co/DuesYwoR3z

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Many countries are “leapfrogging” landlines and going straight to mobile phones—

The concept of “leapfrogging” is popular in development. It suggests that, as they develop, lower-income countries can skip intermediate technologies or systems and go straight to the modern equivalent.

One example of this is the use of landlines and mobile phones.

The landline telephone was invented in 1876 and became a dominant form of communication across Europe and North America. As you can see in the chart, it was increasingly adopted in the United States and the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century.

However, mobile phone adoption increased rapidly in the 1990s, and landlines have declined since the millennium. Mobile phones have become a substitute.

But many countries have almost skipped landline adoption entirely. Ghana and Nigeria are good examples: landline subscriptions have remained extremely low, and instead, mobile phone adoption has exploded.

(This Data Insight was written by @_HannahRitchie and @parriagadap.)

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South Asia's growth will slow to 6.3% this year due to global energy market shocks.

Despite the slowdown, the region is still the fastest growing globally and growth is expected to recover to 6.9% in 2027.

More in the latest #SouthAsiaUpdate: https://t.co/2K1jIecDlM https://t.co/V1WZeeG76e

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#PCBSPalestine
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Firm growth drives job creation. But in Sub-Saharan Africa, firms expand far more slowly than elsewhere.

After 26+ years:
High-income economies: 3.27× larger
Other developing economies: 2.31×
Sub-Saharan Africa: 2.05×

New Enterprise Surveys data 👇 https://t.co/uufUTHMFX5

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Artificial light emissions at night increased by around 16% globally between 2014 and 2022, according to research in Nature. The study presents maps of night-time light changes. https://t.co/1pWx9I1mvT https://t.co/Dw0rNpj7Kx

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🏠 L’investissement nominal en logement résidentiel a augmenté de 2,9 % en 2025, ce qui représente une deuxième hausse annuelle consécutive et donne lieu à une croissance de 1,6 % du stock total d’unités de logement : https://t.co/bmXrKN8ZN5 https://t.co/yOcceo80Sc

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🏠 Nominal investment in residential dwellings rose 2.9% in 2025, marking the second consecutive annual increase and contributing to a 1.6% expansion in the total stock of dwelling units: https://t.co/Unbmy1mL7m https://t.co/FomWYEHXQK

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4.9 percent of the civilian labor force were veterans in 2025 #BLSData https://t.co/yfu4pLgHC5 https://t.co/pyRzANCydz

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Farmers need finance, inputs, and markets to feed today—and tomorrow.

Agritech is closing the gap. Join the #WBGMeetings online on April 16 to hear World Bank Group's Anup Jagwani and @‌f_jardim from @‌VenturesSp.

🔗 https://t.co/9bCYViofMb https://t.co/HdVv9kMYhC

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The March 2026 update to our Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) is now live, bringing new survey data, improved estimates, and updated projections of global #poverty through 2026.

Explore the latest data: https://t.co/r393QrG4uO https://t.co/H1PTYd9sWD

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Le prix du litre de #gazole a baissé de 6,6 centimes d'€ depuis mercredi dans les stations-service.

Suivez l'évolution des prix, heure par heure, grâce à notre infographie interactive : https://t.co/C3dbIRs1Ht https://t.co/Bz7lt3sgXz

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Les pourparlers irano-américains ont débuté au #Pakistan où il sera notamment question de la réouverture du détroit d'Ormuz.

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Mapped: Where Tech Jobs Grew Fastest Across America in 2025 💻

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From oil and gas to fertilizers and metals, the @WorldBankGroup Pink Sheet tracks commodity markets shaped by global shocks.

Explore the March update: https://t.co/xnIGrFv8Xj https://t.co/nOf6h5EaHs

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For over 80 years, the @WorldBankGroup has partnered with countries to drive development and expand opportunity worldwide.

Today, we’ve focused our investments on industries with the greatest potential to empower people and accelerate transformative job creation.

Learn more: https://t.co/KQAufReuol

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La semaine en bref vous propose un survol des faits saillants et des nouveaux articles diffusés dans Le Quotidien, StatsCAN Plus et autres au cours de la semaine précédente :
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The Weekly Review provides an overview of highlights and new articles that were released in The Daily, StatsCAN Plus and more over the past week: https://t.co/K9S2ZfDoDF https://t.co/32HIIYDrsy

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