Since China began to open up and reform its economy in 1978, GDP growth has averaged over 9 percent a year, and more than 800 million people have lifted themselves out of poverty. There have also been ...

The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness.

FREETOWN, October 3, 2024 - The World Bank today launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reducing gender inequalities and promoting gender ...

What does the world need to do to become “Business Ready”? A healthy business environment and strong private sector are foundations of economic growth: generating jobs, boosting investment and ...

Economies do better at enacting regulations to improve the national business climate than they do in providing the public ...

WASHINGTON, October 3, 2024 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$250 million project to step up renewable energy in Lebanon through the restoration of electricity grid services ...

Since August 2021, the World Bank has provided more than $1.7 billion in support to the Afghan people – focusing on service delivery for women and girls. All the funds remain outside the systems and ...

KATHMANDU, October 2, 2024—Nepal's economic growth is projected to accelerate to 5.1 percent in FY25 from 3.9 percent in FY24, driven by anticipated high tourist arrivals, along with increased ...

Despite progress over the past decades, child malnutrition remains high and adult obesity rates are increasing. Investments to scale up high-impact nutrition interventions could save the lives of 6.2 ...

To understand what policy crediting is and how it works in terms of results-based climate finance, we sat down with Nuyi Tao, Senior Climate Finance Specialist with the World Bank’s Transformative ...