Kigali, April 1, 2025 – Rwanda's real GDP grew by 8.9% in 2024, surpassing the previous year's growth rate of 8.2%. The latest edition of the Rwanda Economic Update (REU), launched today by the World ...

Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. Without sufficient intervention, a 1°C rise in temperature could ...

Evidence-based policymaking enhances transparency, accountability, and effective governance by ensuring decisions are guided by reliable data. This approach requires strong institutional capacity for ...

Human capital is a central driver of sustainable growth and poverty reduction. It comprises the knowledge, skills, and health that individuals accumulate over their lives, enabling them to realize ...

WASHINGTON, April 1, 2025—The World Bank Board has approved $500 million in funding to create inclusive jobs and revitalize the economy in areas that were devastated by the February 2023 earthquakes ...

Washington, March 31, 2025 – The World Bank has approved three operations in Nigeria, totaling $1.08 billion in concessional financing, to enhance education quality, build household and community ...

Local people rehabilitate a road linking homes to farmland in Bor County, Jonglei State. Under the Labor-Intensive Public Works (LIPW) component of the Emergency Locust Response Project, beneficiaries ...

WASHINGTON, March 31, 2025 – The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved an operation to support the Philippine government’s policy reform efforts aimed at scaling up the adoption of ...

LUSAKA, April 1, 2025 – Access to electricity in Zambia has risen from 30% in 2017 to currently nearly 50%. Whilst half of the population is connected, the remaining half will require new energy ...

Across the world, 10 million hectares of forests are lost to deforestation, and about 70 million hectares are lost due to fire each year. The consequences are severe – particularly for countries where ...

The Grievance Redress Service (GRS) is an avenue for individuals and communities to submit complaints directly to the World Bank if they believe that a World Bank-supported project has or is likely to ...

A landlocked country in East Africa, Burundi is a low-income economy, with 80% of the population employed in the agricultural sector. Located in the Great Lakes region, Burundi is surrounded by Rwanda ...