About the Finance and Prosperity Report Finance and Prosperity is an annual World Bank report that examines financial sector developments and vulnerabilities in low- and middle-income countries. These ...

Over the past seven years, the Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership (GWSP) has built a robust framework for advancing water management through extensive knowledge development, data, and ...

Schedule 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 ...

World Bank Appoints New Country Director for PakistanISLAMABAD, June 30, 2025 — Ms. Bolormaa Amgaabazar is the new World Bank Country Director for Pakistan effective July 1. She is succeeding Mr. Najy ...

In Boondheere District, in Mogadishu, the rehabilitation of a long-neglected pond has brought safety and peace to residents following decades of flooding that destroyed homes, lives, and livelihoods.

Home to 70 percent of the people living in Europe and Central Asia (ECA), cities across the region are experiencing a sharp rise in temperatures and an increase in heatwaves. Tens of thousands of heat ...

The E-Health Strategy and Claims Management project in Azerbaijan, aimed to provide the Azerbaijani government with policy options and recommendations to enhance the efficiency of the healthcare ...

Panama's economy has grown rapidly thanks to trade, services and large investments in infrastructure, but employment informality persists. How can the quality of employment in the country be improved?

The Future of Rice: Viet Nam’s Million-Hectare TransformationThe rice sector employs over 140 million people worldwide, with 80% of production done by small holder farmers. But it's facing a ...

The World Bank Group today announced the 18-month conditional non-debarment of IQVIA Consulting and Information Services India Private Limited (IQVIA Consulting India), a private limited liability ...

In order to have a broader audience in urban development access to Yokohama City's case study, TDLC, in collaboration with Yokohama City, has published a booklet, “Property Tax Practices in Japan -The ...

An additional 900,000 people in southern Madagascar will benefit from the Support for Resilient Livelihoods in the South of Madagascar (MIONJO) Project, thanks to an additional $54 million ...