Effective May 12, 2025, the arrears of approximately $15.5 million due to the International Development Association (IDA) by ...

Childcare services are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting equitable development in West Africa.

The World Bank Group Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Finance Hub in Malaysia, is conducting a childcare survey involving TASKA centers as well as parents with children aged 0-4 years in Klang Valley ...

Dhaka, May 14, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved $270 million financing to bolster Bangladesh's flood recovery efforts and enhance its resilience to future disasters, ...

Inflation in the Lao PDR is eroding living standards and reshaping the job market, according to the latest World Bank Household Monitoring Survey. To cope with rising prices, more people are working, ...

Located in the heart of Hiroshima City, on a delta between two rivers, the beautiful Peace Memorial Park is both a place of relaxation for Hiroshima citizens and a popular tourist destination ...

Where villagers once struggled with basic tools and meager earnings, they now use modern electric machinery to create valuable finished products. From increased rice production and reduced ...

In Cotonou, Benin's economic capital, major stormwater drainage works have transformed the face of several neighborhoods that once were victims of flooding. With support from the Cotonou rainwater ...

Well-designed digital solutions have the potential to alleviate the impacts of Fragility, Conflict, and Violence (FCV) and address FCV-related risks and drivers that undermine economic and social ...

With 1.2 billion young people in emerging economies reaching working age over the next decade—and only about 420 million jobs expected to be generated—the urgency of finding scalable and sustainable ...

The World Bank and MIGA are organizing a Workshop in Guinea Bissau on Thursday May 15 th, 2025 with the objective of allowing the government through its transaction advisor to present the national ...

SAL, May 14, 2025 - Government representatives from across West Africa concluded a high-level regional conference today by adopting the Sal Commitments on Advancing Childcare for Human Capital and ...