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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

As the world approaches the quarter way point of the 21st century, we take stock of the last year in development and the challenges ahead. And we return to the work of the International Development ...

In 2022 at COP27 countries agreed to establish new funding arrangements for assisting developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. The following year ...

Between 2014 and 2024, the World Bank supported 64 countries worldwide in building the foundations of cyber resilience. Establishing and enhancing Computer Security Incident Response Teams ...