The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new program to improve water security for more than four million residents in India’s tech capital, Bengaluru, in the southern state of ...

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2025—Bangladesh and the World Bank signed two financing agreements totaling $850 million today to help the country develop the Bay Terminal deep sea port and modernize the ...

Valerie Hickey is the Director for Environment at the World Bank Group. In this role, she leads a global team that leverages data, knowledge, and partnerships to ensure that the WBG’s public and ...

The Gambia’s economy continues to demonstrate resilience and steady recovery, with real GDP growth reaching 5.7% in 2024, according to the World Bank’s Fifth Economic Update for The Gambia. This ...

About The World Bank The World Bank Group has a bold vision: to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. In more than 100 countries, the World Bank Group provides financing, advice, and ...

Indermit Gill is Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. Before starting this position on September 1, 2022, Gill served as the World Bank’s Vice ...

According to the World Bank's latest Economic Monitor for Libya, the economy contracted by 0.6 percent, primarily driven by a 6 percent decline in oil GDP, influenced by political and institutional ...

The World Bank Group, through the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has closed its second securitization transaction under the Emerging Markets Securitization Program (EMSP), marking continued ...

With World Bank Group support, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan have invested in expanding and diversifying their energy production, modernizing power grids, and electrifying remote ...

The World Bank today approved $400 million from the International Development Association (IDA), divided between a $380 million credit and a $20 million grant, for a new project to improve resilient ...

Discover how the World Bank is advancing inclusion and economic empowerment across East Asia and Pacific. From Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Viet Nam, to Fiji, Indonesia, and Samoa, this immersive story ...

High-Performance Health-Financing for Universal Health Coverage: Driving Sustainable, Inclusive Growth in the 21st Century Just over a decade out from the SDG deadline of 2030, many developing ...