Economies do better at enacting regulations to improve the national business climate than they do in providing the public ...

The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness.

What does the world need to do to become “Business Ready”? A healthy business environment and strong private sector are foundations of economic growth: generating jobs, boosting investment and ...

Despite progress over the past decades, child malnutrition remains high and adult obesity rates are increasing. Investments to scale up high-impact nutrition interventions could save the lives of 6.2 ...

The Business Investment Financing Track (BIFT), a new window within the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), aims to bolster inclusive, climate-smart, and nutritious food systems in ...

A new World Bank project will improve connectivity in central and southern Laos, helping about 600,000 people access public services and markets more easily while making rural roads more resilient to ...

Jordan's economy showed continued resilience in 2023 and early 2024, according to a new World Bank report released today. Real GDP edged up to 2.7 percent in 2023. While this is a modest increase from ...

To understand what policy crediting is and how it works in terms of results-based climate finance, we sat down with Nuyi Tao, Senior Climate Finance Specialist with the World Bank’s Transformative ...

Since August 2021, the World Bank has provided more than $1.7 billion in support to the Afghan people – focusing on service delivery for women and girls. All the funds remain outside the systems and ...

Conakry, September 25, 2024 - The World Bank Group has approved a total of $95 million in financing from the International Development Association (IDA)* and the Global Financing Facility for Women, ...

NIAMEY, September 30, 2024 - Niger's economy is set to rebound after a year marked by an unprecedented political crisis. However, the rebound is dependent on favorable security and climate conditions, ...

2023 was marked by a severe political crisis that triggered regional, economic and financial sanctions and a disruption in external financing, causing growth to decline to 2.0% (est.), compared to 6.9 ...