The World Bank Group, in partnership with multilateral development banks, development finance institutions and key partners, today launched Water Forward, a global platform to help improve water ...

The Heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank Group met today as part of the coordination group they established in early April to maximize their ...

The 2029 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund will take place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in October 2029, as decided in a vote by the Boards of Governors of ...

Guarantees to AMEA Power would support up to 23 renewable energy and battery storage projects in countries across Africa, the Middle East, and Central Asia.

Private sector donations to UNICEF surpassed the $50 million threshold, triggering UNICEF to repay the World Bank well before ...

Corruption is a major obstacle to eradicating extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity on a livable planet. It erodes trust, fuels inequality, and harms service delivery, investment, and the ...

From the earliest days of life, the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA) works with partners like Save the Children to provide essential nutrition, health, and education services ...

Abuja, Nigeria, October 8, 2025 - Nigeria has taken important steps toward stabilizing its economy through recent policy reforms, but more needs to be done to ensure these gains translate into better ...

The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The decision, announced in May, follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert ...

The ocean powers more than 100 million full-time equivalent jobs and feeds over three billion people. It regulates the weather and supports biodiversity. The ocean adds $2.6 trillion to the world ...

Washington, June 25, 2025 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved yesterday a US$930 million financing to help improve Iraq’s railway performance, boost domestic trade, create jobs, and ...

BEIJING, June 13, 2025 — China’s economy maintained growth momentum in early 2025, with real GDP expanding by 5.4 percent year-on-year in the first quarter. Policy support helped boost consumption and ...