Evidence-based policymaking enhances transparency, accountability, and effective governance by ensuring decisions are guided by reliable data. This approach requires strong institutional capacity for ...

Washington, March 31, 2025 – The World Bank has approved three operations in Nigeria, totaling $1.08 billion in concessional financing, to enhance education quality, build household and community ...

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2025—The World Bank Board has approved $500 million in funding to create inclusive jobs and revitalize the economy in areas that were devastated by the February 2023 earthquakes ...

Stephane Ferron, founder of Sproute BV, proudly showcasing her locally grown organic mushrooms alongside the pressure cooker funded by the Enterprise Support Project. This vital equipment has helped ...

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2025 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved an operation to support the Philippine government’s policy reform efforts aimed at scaling up the adoption of ...

Kigali, April 1, 2025 – Rwanda's real GDP grew by 8.9% in 2024, surpassing the previous year's growth rate of 8.2%. The latest edition of the Rwanda Economic Update (REU), launched today by the World ...

Local people rehabilitate a road linking homes to farmland in Bor County, Jonglei State. Under the Labor-Intensive Public Works (LIPW) component of the Emergency Locust Response Project, beneficiaries ...

Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. Without sufficient intervention, a 1°C rise in temperature could ...

Across the world, 10 million hectares of forests are lost to deforestation, and about 70 million hectares are lost due to fire each year. The consequences are severe – particularly for countries where ...

Human capital is a central driver of sustainable growth and poverty reduction. It comprises the knowledge, skills, and health that individuals accumulate over their lives, enabling them to realize ...

Our hearts go out to the people of Myanmar and Thailand, who have been impacted by Friday’s devastating earthquake that has caused a tragic loss of life and destruction of critical infrastructure in ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 28, 2025 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a project to help El Salvador increase renewable electricity generation capacity and harness geothermal ...