FundsChain, a blockchain-based platform, enables the World Bank to improve traceability, accountability, and streamline ...

From West Africa to South Asia, two bold initiatives show how with the right mix of strategy, investment, innovation and commitment, water can be a catalyst for lasting change.

With World Bank support, Türkiye invested in energy efficiency for facilities like schools and hospitals—cutting demand, ...

Economic growth in the Western Balkans is projected to slow to 3.0 percent in 2025, from 3.6percent in 2024, due to a continued weak external environment coupled with heightened domestic pressures in ...

The Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) was approved by the Board of Executive Directors on August 4, 2016. It consists of a Vision for Sustainable Development; ten Environmental and Social ...

Madagascar, the world’s fifth-largest island, lies in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southern Africa. Its population, estimated at 30.3 million in 2023, faces persistently high poverty. Growth is ...

Growth in the developing economies of Europe and Central Asia is expected to slow from 3.7% in 2024 to 2.4% in 2025, driven primarily by a weaker pace of expansion in the Russian Federation. The ...

The October 2025 edition of Africa’s Pulse reports that economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has maintained momentum amid heightened global policy uncertainty. Following a trough in 2023, regional ...

Ghana sits on the Atlantic Ocean and borders Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. Its population is about 34.4 million (2024). In the past two decades, it has taken major strides towards democracy ...

After the commodity boom ended in 2014, Bolivia relied on significant public spending to maintain high economic growth. In a less favorable context, these measures increased public debt and reduced ...

Creating Jobs, Growing EconomiesThe World Bank Group Annual Report 2025 is available to download via the link below.

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...