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world-bank:category/infrastructure

7.4 million

new jobs could be created in Africa by maximizing the energy sector.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/voices/switching-on-opportunity-how-electricity-can-transform-jobs-in-africa?intcid=ecr_hp_dataA_en_ext

Source: World Bank, Development Committee Meeting (2025), Jobs: The Path to Prosperity

world-bank:category/prosperity

412 million

children around the world survive on less than $3 a day.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/investinpeople/ten-years-of-progress-and-challenges--insights-into-global-child?intcid=ecr_hp_dataB_en_ext

Source: World Bank Group and UNICEF (2025), Global, Regional, and Select National Trends in the Progress against Child Poverty

world-bank:category/planet

80 percent

of the world's food is produced by family-owned farms.

https://live.worldbank.org/en/event/2025/annual-meetings-agriconnect-farms-firms-finance-for-jobs%20?intcid=ecr_hp_dataC_en_ext

Source: FAO (2019), Farms, Family Farms, Farmland Distribution and Farm Labour: What Do We Know Today?

world-bank:category/people

2 in 5

youth acquire the foundational, digital, and socio-emotional skills needed to thrive in school, work, and life.

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/investinpeople/equipping-youth-for-the-future-through-school--work--and-beyond?intcid=ecr_hp_dataD_en_ext

Source: The Education Commission and UNICEF (2022), Recovering Learning