Despite increasing food production over the past three decades, 58% of Africans remain food insecure. Transport is an ...

APPLY HERE TO BE AN ONLINE DELEGATE AT THE WBG YOUTH SUMMIT! APPLICATIONS WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 15 MAY 2025. The World Bank Group Youth Summit returns for its 12th edition, inviting young people to ...

Bangladesh’s content industry is on the rise, fueled by a dynamic media landscape, growing digital consumption, and a rapidly expanding economy. Yet, the country’s post-production sector—a crucial ...

THIMPU, May 17, 2025—The World Bank’s Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde, arrives in Bhutan today on her first official visit to Bhutan. During her visit, she will have an audience with H.M.

WASHINGTON, 19 May 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a $35 million concessional credit to support Uzbekistan in improving the availability and use of geospatial data, in ...

A new World Bank report shows that poverty in Africa may be lower than current estimates suggest and no systematic increase in inequality, given the available data Challenges remain substantial: more ...

A large percentage of workers and firms operate in the informal economy, outside the line of sight of governments in emerging market and developing economies. This may hold back the recovery in these ...

The QEDS SDDS database, jointly developed by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, are in-line with the classifications and definitions of the 2013 External Debt Statistics: Guide for ...