WASHINGTON, April 17, 2024 – The World Bank Group and African Development Bank Group are partnering on an ambitious effort to provide at least 300 million people in Africa with electricity access by ...

The World Bank is extending a new lifeline to small islands and other small states struck by earthquakes and tropical storms, allowing governments to focus on disaster recovery instead of debt ...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13, 2021 —The World Bank’s updated Groundswell report released today finds that climate change, an increasingly potent driver of migration, could force 216 million people across six ...

A new World Bank Group report finds that the production of minerals, such as graphite, lithium and cobalt, could increase by nearly 500% by 2050, to meet the growing demand for clean energy ...

Since 2023, the Burkina Faso Hydromet Project has supported the installation of 9,700 farmer rain gauges to help rural communities better manage their crop years. With a total $33 million budget, the ...

Financial sector is the set of institutions, instruments, markets, as well as the legal and regulatory framework that permit transactions to be made by extending credit. Fundamentally, financial ...

Talip Kilic is the Acting Manager and Senior Program Manager for the World Bank Development Data Group Survey Unit, which houses the International Comparison Program (ICP) – a worldwide statistical ...

The World Bank’s Partnerships, Innovation, and Mobilization (PIM) Vice Presidency is responsible for managing and monitoring policies and procedures for World Bank development financing vehicles. DFi ...

The Bank's engagement with stakeholders has been a source of innovative solutions to country needs and development challenges. The challenges we face today demand collective action. Climate change, ...

Ousmane Dione is the World Bank Vice President for the Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan region. Under Dione’s leadership, the World Bank is providing critical support to the Middle ...

The world’s largest development bank, IBRD provides financial products and policy advice to help countries reduce poverty and extend the benefits of sustainable growth to all of their people. The ...

Arti Grover is a Principal Economist and Regional Program Leader heading the economic research and strategy for the Middle East, Central Asia, Türkiye, Pakistan & Afghanistan (MCT) region of the IFC.