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 ...

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 ...

APPLY HERE TO BE AN ONLINE DELEGATE AT THE WBG YOUTH SUMMIT! APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 15 MAY 2025. The World Bank Group Youth Summit returns for its 12th edition, inviting young people to ...

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 ...

The QEDS databases brings together detailed external debt data of countries that subscribe to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and a selected number of countries that participate ...

Bangladesh’s content industry is on the rise, fueled by a dynamic media landscape, growing digital consumption, and a rapidly expanding economy. Yet, the country’s post-production sector—a crucial ...

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a $100 million concessional credit to support Uzbekistan’s efforts to enhance integration of renewable energy into ...

The Long Term Growth Model (LTGM) is an Excel-based tool to analyze long-term growth scenarios building on the celebrated Solow-Swan Growth Model. The tool can also be used to assess the implications ...

Inflation in the Lao PDR is eroding living standards and reshaping the job market, according to the latest World Bank Household Monitoring Survey. To cope with rising prices, more people are working, ...