The World Bank Group is scaling smart development solutions, boosting resilience for 425 million people worldwide. From restoring coastlines to growing drought-resilient crops, simple solutions are ...

The World Development Report (WDR) 2019: The Changing Nature of Work studies how the nature of work is changing as a result of advances in technology today. Fears that robots will take away jobs from ...

The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take place from April 21 to 26, in Washington, D.C. Key events will include the Development ...

The 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will take place from Monday, October 13 to Saturday, October 18. Keystones of the Annual Meetings are the Plenary ...

WASHINGTON, April 22, 2020 — Global remittances are projected to decline sharply by about 20 percent in 2020 due to the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic and shutdown. The projected ...

Over the past decade, the African Centers of Excellence (ACE) have trained thousands of students in key fields such as health, agriculture, digital technology, energy, and the environment. But behind ...

The Cambodia Poverty Assessment 2022: Toward a More Inclusive and Resilient Cambodia shows the country has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty over the past decade, but that some recent gains ...

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, ...

WASHINGTON, April 19, 2018—Financial inclusion is on the rise globally, accelerated by mobile phones and the internet, but gains have been uneven across countries. A new World Bank report on the use ...

Meerim Nurdin Kyzy proudly shows off the tap in her front yard, which now provides clean, safe water for her family. With 5 children of her own and two stepchildren, aged 14 years to 6 months, Meerim ...

One of the key outcomes of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was the approval of Article 6 – the Paris Agreement’s rulebook governing carbon markets. How might Article 6 make a difference in the ...

The Middle Corridor—a network of road, rail, and sea routes linking Chinese and European markets via Central Asia and the Caucasus—can become an engine of growth. Improvements to strengthen the ...