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Despite increasing food production over the past three decades, 58% of Africans remain food insecure. Transport is an ...
Effective May 12, 2025, the arrears of approximately $15.5 million due to the International Development Association (IDA) by ...
To help China address these challenges, the World Bank approved a $150 million loan in 2019 for the Forest Ecosystem Improvement in the Upper Reaches of Yangtze River Basin Program. Implemented in ...
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a $100 million concessional credit to support Uzbekistan’s efforts to enhance integration of renewable energy into ...
With World Bank support, Armenia has renovated and modernized medical facilities, purchased vital equipment, and trained staff to better screen and treat non-communicable diseases.
THIMPU, May 17, 2025—The World Bank’s Managing Director of Operations, Anna Bjerde, arrives in Bhutan today on her first official visit to Bhutan. During her visit, she will have an audience with H.M.
The World Bank and MIGA are organizing a Workshop in Guinea Bissau on Thursday May 15 th, 2025 with the objective of allowing the government through its transaction advisor to present the national ...
Inflation in the Lao PDR is eroding living standards and reshaping the job market, according to the latest World Bank Household Monitoring Survey. To cope with rising prices, more people are working, ...
Located in the heart of Hiroshima City, on a delta between two rivers, the beautiful Peace Memorial Park is both a place of relaxation for Hiroshima citizens and a popular tourist destination ...
WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $350 million grant from the International Development Association (IDA)* to support Malawi’s Mpatamanga Hydropower ...
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Mobile Phone Data (MPD) for Policy Regional Workshop brings together public and private sector stakeholders across the mobile phone data ecosystem to ...