Slovenia has announced a 30% increase in its contribution to the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), reinforcing its commitment to supporting the world's poorest countries. The ...

Global growth is projected to slow to 2.3 percent in 2025, nearly half a percentage point lower than the rate that had been ...

World Bank assessment finds conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, ...

This report calls for a radical shift toward debt transparency as critical to debt sustainability, urging legislative reforms ...

Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, driving up extreme poverty ...

Flows of foreign direct investment into developing economies have dwindled to the lowest level since 2005 amid rising trade ...

In this episode of the People First Podcast, we explore the LEADS program, an innovative World Bank initiative reshaping project design and implementation. Listen to insights from Arianna Legovini, ...

Some women in Somalia have found work in its male-dominated construction industry, proving that skill, not gender, determines ...

Rwanda's Journey to Job Creation A sunny June day in a Kigali market, a young girl named Joy sets out a small basket of ...

The World Bank has updated its global poverty lines. This latest revision uses 2021 purchasing power parities, as well as updated national poverty lines that better capture countries’ household ...

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Data Highlights World Bank Contribution. Projects supporting national cash transfer programs totaled about $14 billion between 2001 and 2023, representing half of the Social Protection and Jobs ...