The World Bank Group has appointed Carlos Felipe Jaramillo as Vice President for the East Asia and Pacific (EAP) Region, effective September 15, 2025.

The Government of Armenia has increased its contribution to the International Development Association (IDA) by 30%, reinforcing its commitment to global development and poverty reduction.

Over 514,000 households in Mozambique gained electricity through ProEnergia, transforming lives with schools, health centers ...

The World Bank is supporting the government improve living standards through the following areas: mining and energy, rural development, urban development and more.

The World Bank is transforming logistics through rail—cutting emissions, lowering costs, and boosting jobs for greener, more connected economies.

GovTech is a whole-of-government approach to public sector modernization, focusing on three aspects: citizen-centric services, universal accessibility, and digital transformation. It aims to enhance ...

While many countries across the globe have experienced strong economic growth and improvements in human development outcomes over the last quarter of a century, natural resources continue to be ...

These efforts are backed by unprecedented World Bank investment. Today, close to $30 billion in social protection financing ...

Ineffective policies can persist, while potentially effective policies are often not adopted. The World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law explores why some policies fail to achieve ...

Data Privacy at the World Bank As data becomes more important to fulfill the World Bank Group’s Twin Goals of alleviating extreme poverty and promoting shared ...

Papua New Guinea is undergoing economic and social transformation. It is one of the most diverse countries in the world; home to over 11.78 million people and more than 800 different languages spoken ...

The Quarterly Public Sector Debt Statistics (QPSD) database, jointly developed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, brings together detailed quarterly public sector debt data of ...