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.

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 ...

The Business Investment Financing Track (BIFT), a new window within the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), aims to bolster inclusive, climate-smart, and nutritious food systems in ...

A new World Bank project will improve connectivity in central and southern Laos, helping about 600,000 people access public services and markets more easily while making rural roads more resilient to ...

Bulgaria has undergone a significant transformation over the past three decades. It has transformed from a highly centralized, planned economy to an open, market-based, upper-middle-income economy ...

The World Bank, in partnership with the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas), are pleased to host the “Indonesia Social Protection Technical Seminar 2024: Exploring Strategies for an ...

NIAMEY, September 30, 2024 - Niger's economy is set to rebound after a year marked by an unprecedented political crisis. However, the rebound is dependent on favorable security and climate conditions, ...

Washington, September 26, 2024 - The World Bank has today approved three operations for a total of $1.57 billion to support the Government of Nigeria in strengthening human capital through better ...

DJIBOUTI, September 30, 2024 – Djibouti’s economy achieved an impressive rebound in 2023, outperforming forecasts with GDP growth estimated at 6.7 percent. The country benefited from a recovery in ...

2023 was marked by a severe political crisis that triggered regional, economic and financial sanctions and a disruption in external financing, causing growth to decline to 2.0% (est.), compared to 6.9 ...

As the old saying goes, if you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it. But of course, what you measure is important too. In this episode of The Development Podcast, we explore why the World Bank Group ...