African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners will converge tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the ...

The world is developing at an unprecedented scale. Over the next 20 years, urban population in developing countries will double to 4 billion, while the urbanized land area will triple. Rapid growth ...

Djibouti is vital to the Horn of Africa, where its port handles 95% of Ethopian imports and its submarine cables connect Africa to the world. But climate change poses a major threat as rising sea ...

Water is life. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has the world's lowest regional average annual water availability per person. Policies must be enacted to conserve water as populations ...

WASHINGTON, January 22, 2025 - The World Bank has approved a $100 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Mali increase access to drinking water and improve the ...

Follow the journey of Terna and Aisha, two inspiring students whose lives have been profoundly impacted as they received hands-on training in renewable energy solutions. Discover how they plan to ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21, 2025—The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today endorsed a new five-year Country Partnership Framework (CPF) for Armenia. The framework aims to reduce poverty and ...

A rural health center in Mateliona Betafo, Madagascar, has transformed healthcare delivery with solar-powered electricity through the World Bank-supported LEAD Project. For nearly seven years, ...

Tanzania’s Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth project, ‘REGROW’ (the ‘Project’), financed through a $150 million equivalent credit from the International Development ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka – January 22, 2025 – World Bank Vice President for South Asia, Martin Raiser, concluded a 2-day visit to Sri Lanka today, where he met with His Excellency President Anura Kumara ...

Tanzania’s Resilient Natural Resource Management for Tourism and Growth Project (‘REGROW’, or the ‘Project’) financed through a $150 million-equivalent credit from the International Development ...

Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia), Ukraine’s state-owned rail company, has been the backbone of the country’s economy since Russia’s invasion in February 2022. The rail service has been evacuating ...