Despite increasing food production over the past three decades, 58% of Africans remain food insecure. Transport is an ...

Childcare services are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting equitable development in West Africa.

Effective May 12, 2025, the arrears of approximately $15.5 million due to the International Development Association (IDA) by ...

The World Bank Group Sanctions Board, composed of seven (7) external judges, is an independent administrative tribunal that serves as the final decision-maker in all contested cases of sanctionable ...

Tertiary education refers to all formal post-secondary education, including public and private universities, colleges, technical training institutes, and vocational schools. Tertiary education is ...

Interested to learn about the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF)? The World Bank offers an online course entitled “ESF Fundamentals” aimed at environmental and social practitioners who are ...

Sustainable economic growth continues to offer the surest path out of poverty. The World Bank supports investments in countries that underpin long-term growth and that help to meet the needs of their ...

The World Bank helps developing countries manage their natural resource wealth responsibly and sustainably, in a way that contributes to sustainable growth and development, protects communities and ...

In every country, some groups confront barriers that prevent them from fully participating in political, economic, and social life. These groups may be excluded not only through legal systems, land, ...

In 2011, Japan celebrated the 50th anniversary of its own achievement of universal health coverage (UHC). On this occasion, the government of Japan and the World Bank Group decided to undertake a ...

Investment in Africa’s health systems is key to inclusive and sustainable growth. Strong economic growth in recent years has helped reduce poverty to 43 percent of the population. Yet, as Africa’s ...

Ineffective policies can persist, while potentially effective policies are often not adopted. The World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law explores why some policies fail to achieve ...