Some areas in his home country, Guatemala, can’t be found on maps. According to a 2016 estimate , there are some 440,000 unmapped places — most of them in Africa and Asia. Young mappers want ...

The World Bank has announced that it has approved a US$600 million loan to boost rural infrastructure and market access of farmers and fisherfolk in the Philippines.

In the Philippines, there has long been an urban-rural disparity. In Leyte, where Ms. Zilmar returned to, farming, fishing and construction drive the local economy; the nominal minimum wage is ...