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

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

With World Bank support, Armenia has renovated and modernized medical facilities, purchased vital equipment, and trained staff to better screen and treat non-communicable diseases.

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 ...

The new IFC-World Bank report Financing Firm Growth: The Role of Capital Markets in Low- and Middle-Income Countries explores the surge in capital market financing in low- and middle-income countries ...

The QEDS SDDS database, jointly developed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, are in-line with the classifications and definitions of the 2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for ...

A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies. This may hold back the recovery in these ...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to grow moderately at 2.6 percent in 2025 — a forecast that is shrouded in uncertainty given the rapidly changing global environment as well ...

This event presents an opportunity to showcase the world’s progress to date on reducing extreme poverty, identify barriers to future progress on SDG 1, convene country representatives to reflect on ...

For over two decades, the World Bank Land Conference has catalyzed the global land community. The Conference is the premier forum for the land sector, bringing together participants from governments, ...

Despite progress over the past decades, significant gender gaps in labor force participation, entrepreneurship, and access to economic opportunities persist across Europe and Central Asia. Women ...

NIGERIA DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (NDU) - May 2025 Edition: The pace of growth in Nigeria needs to accelerate further to meet its aspirations and deliver poverty reduction and shared prosperity. The economy ...