Learn more about the socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 on households and individuals in over 70 countries across all developing regions.

On August 15, 2025, 150 millimeters of rain fell on Buner district in a single hour. Water, boulders, and debris cascaded ...

For a small farmer in Kerala, a coastal state in southern India, a few days of unexpected rain or the sudden spread of pests ...

From farm to factory, more predictable trade is helping Ghanaian firms grow, create jobs, and connect to global markets.

Global trends that provide analytical overviews of key energy data and Bank Views that portray the Bank Group's energy sector activities Live Wire is the World Bank’s series of online knowledge notes ...

Two women proudly stand with their agricultural equipment in Bangladesh.

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

The world’s largest development bank, IBRD provides financial products and policy advice to help countries reduce poverty and extend the benefits of sustainable growth to all of their people. The ...

Public Finance is a thematic area of the Governance GP. The World Bank Group works with governments to enhance the management of public resources in pursuit of growth, development, and poverty ...

Ana María de Jesús de Mena, Chief Administrator of the Saltos de Jima Natural Monument, has spent more than 15 years with the Ministry of Environment. She started as a foreman and now runs this ...

The LSMS multi-purpose survey collects data on many dimensions of household and individual wellbeing to assess household welfare, understand hosuehold behavior and evaluate the effect of various ...

As differences in price levels across the world evolve, the global poverty line has to be periodically updated to reflect these changes. Since 2015, the last update, we have used $1.90 as the global ...