A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

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 ...

Professor, Department of Economics and School of International and Public Affairs, and Co-Director, Center for Development Economics and Policy, Columbia University ...

Anonbank financial institution (NBFI) is a financial institution that does not have a full banking license and cannot accept deposits from the public. However, NBFIs do facilitate alternative ...

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 global financial crisis reignited the interest of policy makers and academics in bank competition and the role of the state in competition policies (that is, policies and laws that affect the ...

The Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is a comprehensive overview of Nepal’s past economic performance, current challenges and prospects ahead. The latest CEM 'Climbing Higher: Toward a Middle Income ...

To help China address these challenges, the World Bank approved a $150 million loan in 2019 for the Forest Ecosystem Improvement in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Program. Implemented in ...