The Pandemic Fund’s Governing Board approved a grant envelope of $500 million for its third round of funding to help low- and ...

The Government of India has requested World Bank assistance to develop Amaravati as a new economic hub and state capital for Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati’s development offers an opportunity for ...

WASHINGTON, December 20, 2024 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved the $800 million* Amaravati Integrated Urban Development Program aimed at establishing the city as a ...

FEATURING: Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Director of the Prospects Group / Emi Mahmoud, Poet, activist and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Ayhan Kose: It's a good time to ...

WASHINGTON, December 18, 2024—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a Development Policy Operation (DPO) for Ukraine to strengthen the economic policy framework for sustainable growth ...

WASHINGTON DC, December 19, 2024 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved three operations totaling $1.16 billion to help Bangladesh improve health services, boost water and ...

Countries in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) zone continue to endure challenges from low growth, high and persistent poverty, and a strong dependence on volatile oil ...

Crystal Simeoni, Pan-African feminist and Director of Nawi – the Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective, shares advice to young African women in the economics field. The economic space has been largely led ...

The 2024 annual report highlights the significant impact of Trust Funds (TFs) and Financial Intermediary Funds (FIFs) on global development. The report emphasizes that TFs and FIFs are flexible and ...

WASHINGTON, December 19, 2024 — The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved US$250 million for the Morocco Transforming Agri-food Systems Program, aimed at increasing the Moroccan agri-food ...

BRUSSELS, Dec. 19, 2024—Clean technology exports from Central and Eastern Europe have the potential to at least triple, strengthening the EU economy and its global competitiveness, according to the ...

The next 25 years could prove decisive in determining whether the world’s 26 poorest countries progress to middle-income status, a new World Bank analysis shows. Home to more than 40 percent of people ...