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 ...

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

The QEDS databases brings together detailed external debt data of countries that subscribe to the IMF’s Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) and a selected number of countries that participate ...

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 ...

THIMPU, May 17, 2025—The World Bank’s Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde, arrives in Bhutan today on her first official visit to Bhutan. During her visit, she will have an audience with H.M.

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

WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a $100 million concessional credit to support Uzbekistan’s efforts to enhance integration of renewable energy into ...

Since 2016, this report has served as a warning to the international community on the global state of food insecurity. You have all heard the statistics. The situation is alarming. It’s putting at ...

NUKU’ALOFA, May 16 2025 — Tongans will benefit from stronger public finances, increased energy efficiency, and enhanced disaster preparedness under a new phase of World Bank support aimed at ...

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 ...

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.