The East Pacific Rise This broad, 8,000-mile-long bulge in the crust of the earth differs in many ways from the rest of the ocean bottom. It may be the result of huge convection currents in the ...

East Asia and Pacific is one of the world’s most disaster prone and heavily impacted regions by climate change. The World Bank is supporting innovative, impactful, scalable projects and initiatives to ...

is under pressure due to trade tensions and the rise of new technologies,” said World Bank chief economist for East Asia and the Pacific Aaditya Mattoo. “The best course of action is to deepen ...