WASHINGTON, March 1, 2016 - The World Bank and Leonard Cheshire Disability are joining forces to put persons with disabilities at the heart of social and economic development, and to contrib...
Two weeks after 175 government representatives came together in New York City to sign the historic Paris Climate Agreement, leaders are gathering in Washington, D.C. to advance concrete actions that w...
WASHINGTON, May 6, 2016— Ministers of Environment from France, the Netherlands and Morocco, mayors and CEOs today joined with the World Bank Group and other stakeholders to call for global and more co...
WASHINGTON, March 10, 2016—The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the World Bank Group announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to help increase countri...
WASHINGTON, February 12, 2015 — In addition to money, strong institutions, accountability and mechanisms that turn investment into effective services for people who need it, are critical to achie...
Bojonegoro, March 22, 2016 – A new diagnostic approach, the Rapid Assessment and Action Plan to Improve Service Delivery in Indonesia (RAAP-Id), supported by the World Bank, the European Union, and th...
In May 2016, the city of Khabarovsk in eastern Russia was host to a “Knowledge Sharing and Training Workshop on International Development Cooperation”. The event, organized by the World Bank, brought ...
Countries will need to spend resources better—by improving efficiency and building capacities—in order to support high-quality infrastructure projects that can achieve significant development results ...
Brussels, June 14, 2016 — The European Commission (EC) and the World Bank Group (WBG) today announced their commitment to strengthen joint action on sustaining peace and increase development impact in...
PORT LOUIS, February 18, 2016 -- Policies designed to upgrade infrastructure, support research, development and innovation, advance public-sector efficiency and further improve the business environmen...
WASHINGTON, October 18, 2016 – The World Bank’s Commission on Global Poverty has submitted recommendations on how to more comprehensively measure and monitor global poverty in support of the Bank Grou...
Even before Hurricane Joaquin’s catastrophic flooding of South Carolina in October, the storm had hit ten islands of The Bahamas with brute force. On Crooked Island, 85 percent of the homes were destr...
Washington, DC, October 11, 2016 – More than 100 participants, including government officials, bankers, asset managers and academics from all over the world, participated in the World Bank-Islami...
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA (26 October 2016) – Following talks in Canberra today, the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), and the Australian government have renewed their commitment to suppor...
November 14, 2016 — Marrakech, Morocco — Inspiring the Climate Action Agenda at the Marrakech Climate Conference COP22 the winning filmmakers of the World Bank Group’s 2016 Film4Climate Global Video C...
Winners to be honored at official awards ceremony at COP22 climate summit in Marrakech, Morocco in November 2016 WASHINGTON, June 20, 2016 – The Film4Climate Global Video Competition formally opens to...
Pursuing a full-day program that brought together seasoned governance practitioners and leading academic scholars, the Governance Global Practice (GGP) and Development Impact Evaluation (DIME) program...
GRAND-LAHOU, June 2, 2016 – Coastal erosion has devoured the old town and the lighthouse of Grand-Lahou, Cote d’Ivoire, and has led to the abandonment of homes and the loss of mangroves to firewood. F...
World Health Organization/World Bank Group press release Depression and anxiety disorders cost the global economy US$1 trillion each year; countries and development partners to discuss way forward dur...
African Heads of State and Partners Mobilize around Plans for Universal Health Coverage to Achieve 2030 Sustainable Development Goals NAIROBI, Kenya, August 26, 2016—Today at the Sixth Tokyo Internati...
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