The World Bank Group announced today a months-long global tour for new president Ajay Banga, an early step in his mission to write a new playbook for the 78-year-old institution.

WASHINGTON, June 06, 2023—Global growth has slowed sharply and the risk of financial stress in emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) is intensifying amid elevated global interest rates, ...

This virtual course is designed for professionals responsible for managing field research. It is intended to improve the skills and knowledge of field research practitioners, familiarizing them with ...

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 — Malawi is set to establish new six irrigation schemes, support an additional 560 productive alliances that target more than 112,000 households, and work with smallholder ...

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 — New financing approved by the World Bank will enable at least 300,000 Tanzanian farmers, nearly half of them women, to adopt resilience-enhancing technologies and practices ...

[02:03] Colombia: Perspectives and stories from the ground [09:58] Philippines: Perspectives and stories from the ground Migration is a development challenge. About 184 million people—2.3 percent of ...

Baku, 2 June 2023 – The Azerbaijan State Committee for the Affairs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (SCRI) and the World Bank, signed a three-year, $2 million agreement for the Improved ...

With Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia suffering the impacts of drought, help is coming from the DRIVE Project. The De-risking, Inclusion, and Value Enhancement of Pastoral Economies in the Horn ...

New report on Yemen’s economic situation, calls attention to the challenges faced by the country and the opportunities for recovery and growth.

A high-level delegation of the World Bank led by Ayat Soliman, Regional Director for Strategies and Operations, and including Lilia Burunciuc, Country Director for the Caribbean, Maria Marcela Silva, ...

WASHINGTON, May 26, 2023 – Around 120,000 farmers and fisherfolk in selected ancestral domains in Mindanao are set to benefit from the Mindanao Inclusive Agriculture Development Project (MIADP), ...

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 — At a time when food systems in Eastern and Southern Africa continue to be battered by multiple shocks, the World Bank is expanding its support for food security and food ...