Despite increasing food production over the past three decades, 58% of Africans remain food insecure. Transport is an ...

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 ...

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.

Effective May 12, 2025, the arrears of approximately $15.5 million due to the International Development Association (IDA) by ...

Since 2016, this report has served as a warning to the international community on the global state of food insecurity. You have all heard the statistics. The situation is alarming. It’s putting at ...

WASHINGTON, DC, May 16, 2025 – The World Bank has approved a new financing package to support the State of Pernambuco in improving public fiscal management and strengthening the enabling environment ...

In Cotonou, Benin's economic capital, major stormwater drainage works have transformed the face of several neighborhoods that once were victims of flooding. With support from the Cotonou rainwater ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...