Global Program on Sustainability

GPS FY24 Annual Report

This year's report showcases the breadth of our work: GPS is simultaneously harnessing the power of analytics and partnerships and shifting the intellectual discourse through groundbreaking research, while increasingly emphasizing social inclusion.

The Changing Wealth of Nations 2024

Revisit the launch of The Changing Wealth of Nations (CWON) report. The World Bank’s CWON program provides the most comprehensive wealth database currently available, which can provide insights on the sustainability of economic progress, complementing GDP.

Supporting Private Trees for Nepal’s Green, Resilient, and Inclusive ...

Private tree planting on farms can also help build forest cover and boost livelihoods in Nepal. Nepal’s forest cover has expanded from 25% to 46% over the last 25 years.

Adoption of land restoration activities in Ethiopia

This report examines the gender-labor dimensions of the adoption of land restoration activities by smallholder agricultural households in rural Ethiopia.

Greening the Desert

Uzbekistan has turned to landscape restoration through native trees and shrubs as a solution. This approach, guided by the valuation of the environmental and economic benefit-cost ratio, is supported by the Global Program on Sustainability (GPS) of the World Bank, and is now being implemented through the Central Asia RESILAND Program.

GPS and the World Bank Group at COP16 on Biodiversity

GPS and the World Bank Group are attending the Conference of the Parties (COP16) on Biodiversity in Cali, Colombia to support the unprecedented ambition enshrined in the goals of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF).

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