New commitment will bring annual guarantee issuance on the continent to $6.4 billion, aiming to improve the lives of some 190 million people by 2030 ...
The signatory Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) are responding to requests for support from countries and clients to help address the heterogeneous and compound impacts from the conflict in the ...
Informal employment in Türkiye's labor market leaves too many workers without legal protection, recourse, or benefits — exposing them to serious risks when economic shocks hit. A project supported by ...
The Human Capital Index Plus (HCI+) shows how health, education, employment, and on-the-job learning shape future ...
Resilient coastlines and healthy coastal ecosystems support millions of jobs across fisheries, tourism, ports, and aquaculture, but climate change, erosion, and ecosystem degradation are putting these ...
New global platform aligns country reforms, financing, and partnerships to scale delivery WASHINGTON, April 15, 2026—The World Bank Group, in partnership with multilateral development banks, ...
On this International Women’s Day, we highlight how women across East Asia and Pacific are building a resilient future through access to resources, services, jobs, and economic opportunities with the ...
The World Bank’s Digital Progress and Trends Report 2025: Strengthening AI Foundations shows that AI is gaining momentum in developing countries and driving opportunities for growth, but progress ...
World Bank, IDB, Estimate Hurricane Melissa Damage to Jamaica Totals All-Time-High of US$8.8 Billion
WASHINGTON, November 19, 2025 — The World Bank, in coordination with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), estimate that the physical damage to Jamaica caused by Hurricane Melissa totals US$8.8 ...
To realize this potential, we are helping countries scale up essential nutrition services, integrate nutrition into health systems and across other sectors, and leverage financing through public and ...
The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The decision, announced in May, follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert ...
New report estimates wasted gas amounts to Africa’s annual gas consumption. WASHINGTON, July 18, 2025—Global gas flaring surged for a second year in a row, wasting about $63 billion in lost energy and ...
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