The World Bank Group made a commitment to align all its financing operations with the goals of the Paris Agreement in its Climate Change Action Plan 2021-2025. The Paris Alignment of the Bank Group’s ...

Global commodity prices are leveling off after a steep descent that played a decisive role in whittling down overall ...

Ha Noi, April 23, 2024—Viet Nam's economy is showing mixed signs of recovery, with growth forecast to reach 5.5% in 2024 and gradually rise to 6.0% by 2025, according to the latest World Bank Taking ...

With its global footprint and convening power, IDA provides a lifeline for the 1.3 billion people living in the world’s poorest countries. Today the International Development Association (IDA) ...

Makalé Cisse fills her buckets with water from her own tap installed at her home as part of a World Bank-financed project. Over 30,000 people benefited from improved safe water services in Greater ...

Participants include (left to right) Jasmina Selimović, Governor, Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Jorge Familiar, Vice President & Treasurer, World Bank. WASHINGTON April 22, 2024 – The ...

Health care is a fundamental investment, one that can unlock human capital and economic dividends for countries, but the challenge to bring care to everyone that needs it requires political will, ...

The Development Committee met today, April 19, 2024. Development Committee members discussed the global macroeconomic and financial impact of current wars and conflicts including the war in Ukraine, ...

Joint statement by the leaders of: African Development Bank (AfDB); Asian Development Bank (ADB); Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB); Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB); European Bank ...

A coalition of ten MDBs today launched a new co-financing platform that will enable them to channel additional capital for development scale and impact.

New financial instruments designed to boost lending capacity and enable the World Bank Group to take on more risk for shared global challenges have received a significant endorsement. A set of 11 ...