Global growth has slowed sharply, and the risk of financial stress in emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs) is ...

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, ...

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 — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023—The World Bank Group is highly concerned with Uganda’s enactment of the 2023 Anti-Homosexuality Act. If implemented, the Act would endanger people by placing an added barrier ...

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 ...

Severe beach erosion, induced by climate change, had dealt a major blow to Saly, the jewel in Senegal’s tourism crown. With the help of the World Bank, a major effort on beach restoration and coastal ...

WASHINGTON, May 31, 2023 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$255 million loan today to support a program that will reduce methane emissions, improve irrigation and drainage ...