Meeting the Sustainable Development Goals and the Climate targets agreed on by most countries in 2015 will require bold and ambitious action across all sectors of the economy, but particularly transpo...
WASHINGTON, January 28, 2016 – Countries where agriculture is a major economic activity have greater room for improving key regulations that govern the agribusiness sector, a new World Bank report fin...
Grant will improve data collection and understanding of living conditions in eight countries WASHINGTON, April 6, 2016— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved an International De...
When the World Bank talks about small states, we mean countries that have a population of 1.5 million or less. Small states have limited human capital, and typically fewer exports and trade partners a...
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, September 1, 2016 - The World Bank and the International Water Association (IWA) declared their intentions at World Water Week today to establish a global partnership to help countr...
WASHINGTON, November 14, 2016 – Sub-Saharan African countries are on an ambitious path to restore and sustainably manage 100 million hectares of land in the region by 2030, and several countries ...
WASHINGTON, September 22, 2016 — The International Development Association (IDA), the arm of the World Bank Group that works in the world’s poorest countries, announced today its first-ever publ...
WASHINGTON, April 14, 2016 – World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake today jointly urged global and national leaders to step up and accelerate action and inv...
Targets fragility, refugees, climate change and other pressing challenges YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA, December 15, 2016— A coalition of more than 60 donor and borrower governments agreed today to ratchet u...
The World Bank Group must become “better, stronger, and more agile” to confront major global challenges over the next 15 years, while also working to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity, and ...
As the world prepares to mark World Food Day on October 16, we sat down with Juergen Voegele, Senior Director for the Agriculture Global Practice, to find out how the World Bank is fighting hunger. Th...
This is note #30 in the Connections series. You can download the PDF version of this note through this link. By Samia Melhem Universal access to the Internet has become a top development pri...
President Ader, Distinguished Heads of State and Government, Water Summit Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, I’m pleased to be here on behalf of the World Bank Group. As you know, water is not on...
The Middle East and North Africa is considered to be the most financially excluded region in the world, where only 21% of adults (about 42 million) have access to an account (excluding the Gulf countr...
Rooted in 10 conflicts, majority of refugees have been hosted by 15 countries, says new World Bank report WASHINGTON, September 15, 2016—Forced displacement is a crisis centered in developing countrie...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted in 2015 articulate a new global development agenda to eradicate poverty and shift the world onto a sustainable development path by 2030. The 17 SDGs an...
WASHINGTON, November 8, 2016 – Since the launch of the Africa Climate Business Plan (ACBP) in 2015, the World Bank has been working with client countries, development partners, and the priva...
Forests are under threat, largely because their value is underestimated, not understood, or simply disregarded. Between 2000 and 2010, about 13 million of hectares of natural forests were converted to...
What does the Forest Action Plan mean for the World Bank Group’s engagement on forests? The Forest Action Plan (FAP) confirms and defines our engagement in the forest sector and beyond. Sustainable fo...
SHANGHAI, May 17, 2016—A new World Bank report shows that Shanghai’s stellar performance on international tests of student learning is linked to a strong education system with efficient public financi...
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