Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, driving up extreme poverty ...

The project started in 2021 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic upgraded the country’s lab capabilities and significantly helped ...

Global growth is projected to slow to 2.3 percent in 2025, nearly half a percentage point lower than the rate that had been ...

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Digitalization is a transformative force that can drive productivity-led growth and enhance the efficiency of critical ...

The Joint MDB Water Security Financing Report 2024 marks a milestone in collective action by ten Multilateral Development ...

The World Bank has updated its global poverty lines. This latest revision uses 2021 purchasing power parities, as well as updated national poverty lines that better capture countries’ household ...

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) are two of the five institutions of the World Bank Group (WBG). Each institution ...

Finance and Prosperity is an annual World Bank report that examines financial sector developments and vulnerabilities in low- and middle-income countries.

Nature-based tourism can help countries achieve their economic development goals while promoting biodiversity conservation. Learn how the World Bank Group is investing in projects that help countries ...

The Macro Poverty Outlook analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in developing countries.

The Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) has two main aims. First, it reports on key developments over the past 12 months in Sri Lanka’s economy, places these in longer term and global contexts, and ...