The Heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group and World Trade Organization met on May 28 as part of the high-level coordination group established in April ...

Water drives over half of Mozambique's economy, 90% of exports, and 84% of jobs—yet floods and droughts cost 6.7% of GDP each year. A new World Bank Water Security Diagnostic and the ProAguas Compact ...

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 ...

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 ...

Across the region, the World Bank Group is supporting country-led reforms, strategic investments, and initiatives to strengthen power systems. In the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, the ...

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2026—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the Regional Electricity Market Interconnectivity and Trade (REMIT) Program, which will be implemented over a ...

Uganda’s economic growth remains strong, with real gross domestic product (GDP) rising to 6.3% in FY2024/2025, up from 6.1% the previous year, according to the World Bank’s new Uganda Economic Update: ...

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 ...

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 ...

New report links poor land and water management to accelerating freshwater loss. WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2025— The world is losing 324 billion cubic meters of freshwater every year, enough to meet the ...