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 ...

Fifty-eight-year-old widow Arza Parveen wasted no time building a life of resilience and independence after her husband was injured in war. Her family was left without financial support. With a ...

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

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, ...

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

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

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 April 2024 edition of Africa’s Pulse, a biannual survey of African economies, finds that economic activity is set to rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa, supported by increased private consumption and ...

Many of us take turning on a light switch or connecting our devices to a home Wi-Fi network for granted. If our phones need charging, we plug them in, if we want hot water we boil a kettle. These are ...