The World Bank is transforming logistics through rail—cutting emissions, lowering costs, and boosting jobs for greener, more ...

Over 514,000 households in Mozambique gained electricity through ProEnergia, transforming lives with schools, health centers ...

In Guatemala, 46% of children under the age of two suffer from chronic malnutrition. This means that nearly half of Guatemalan children have their physical, cognitive, and economic futures compromised ...

Investing in Health is Key to Job Creation and Economic GrowthThis site uses cookies to optimize functionality and give you the best possible experience. If you continue to navigate this website ...

In response to a widespread and worsening water crisis, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are taking strong steps to ensure a water-secure future for their citizens. In the process, ...

Drawing on the development experience and advances in economic analysis since the 1950s, World Development Report 2024 identifies what developing economies can do to avoid the “middle-income trap.” ...

The world’s approximately 476 million Indigenous Peoples are critical partners in development. They manage or hold tenure rights to approximately a quarter of the world's surface area, accounting for ...

The World Bank Policy on Access to Information, launched on July 1, 2010 is a landmark disclosure policy adopted by the World Bank. Information and knowledge is publicly available also through ...

South Africa’s economy has been muted over the past decade, with GDP increasing by an average of only 0.7% over the ten-year period. Several structural constraints on the supply side of the economy, ...

The Global Financial Development Database is an extensive dataset of financial system characteristics for 214 economies. It contains annual data, starting from 1960. It has been last updated in ...

The World Bank Group is committed to meeting the needs of developing countries with smart development solutions. We are supporting countries to build resilience to climate change so that they are less ...

Climate change and food and nutrition insecurity pose two of the greatest development challenges of our time. Yet a more sustainable food system can not only heal the planet, but ensure food security ...