NEW DELHI, October 3, 2023—India continues to show resilience against the backdrop of a challenging global environment, according to World Bank’s latest India Development Update (IDU). The IDU, the ...

Energy prices are projected to surge by 24% this year to their highest level since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, as ...

The World Bank Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) is a household survey program working to strengthen the availability, quality, relevance, and timeliness of household surveys implemented in ...

The Archives Catalog offers finding aids that describe our records which are the documentary evidence of all of the business activities of the Bank. The finding aids assist researchers when making a ...

The Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) analyzes macroeconomic and poverty developments in 150 developing countries. The report is released twice annually for the Spring and Annual Meetings of the World Bank ...

IDS provides comprehensive annual external debt stocks and flows data. Explore IDS data through the data tables below or for more data and information you can visit: ...

The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG) and the World Food Programme (WFP) met to discuss the global economic and food security impacts of the war in the Middle ...

Guided by the outcome of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) polling process, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga today announced that the World Bank Group is now resuming dealings with the Gove ...

Robust support needed for people and firms, deeper reforms for jobs and growth. WASHINGTON, April 8, 2026 — Growth in the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) region is slowing in 2026 due to external shocks, ...

WASHINGTON, Apr. 8, 2026 — The latest conflict in the Middle East has taken a serious and immediate economic toll on countries in the surrounding region. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz and ...

The World Bank Group released its April 2026 edition of the Nigeria Development Update on April 7. Included in the report is a recommendation to allow imports of premium motor spirit. Given current ...