Economies do better at enacting regulations to improve the national business climate than they do in providing the public ...

The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness.

The Kingdom of Bhutan is considered a development success story, with decreasing poverty and improvements in human development indicators. The Bank's engagement in Bhutan is aimed at supporting the ...

What does the world need to do to become “Business Ready”? A healthy business environment and strong private sector are foundations of economic growth: generating jobs, boosting investment and ...

FREETOWN, October 3, 2024 - The World Bank today launched the Sierra Leone Country Gender Action Plan (C-GAP), a comprehensive roadmap aimed at reducing gender inequalities and promoting gender ...

WASHINGTON, October 3, 2024 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$250 million project to step up renewable energy in Lebanon through the restoration of electricity grid services ...

The Business Investment Financing Track (BIFT), a new window within the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), aims to bolster inclusive, climate-smart, and nutritious food systems in ...

Despite progress over the past decades, child malnutrition remains high and adult obesity rates are increasing. Investments to scale up high-impact nutrition interventions could save the lives of 6.2 ...

A new World Bank project will improve connectivity in central and southern Laos, helping about 600,000 people access public services and markets more easily while making rural roads more resilient to ...

To understand what policy crediting is and how it works in terms of results-based climate finance, we sat down with Nuyi Tao, Senior Climate Finance Specialist with the World Bank’s Transformative ...