The World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank have launched a Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF), a new co-financing partnership that lets client countries apply a single lead lender's ...

The region is projected to grow 2.1% in 2026, below the 2.4% recorded in 2025. A new report argues that, with the right policies, the region can pivot and harness its natural resources, energy ...

A World Bank Group regional flagship report, Building Food Security, Creating Jobs, shows that transforming agrifood systems is one of the greatest opportunities to strengthen food and nutrition ...

The WBG’s work on climate is and will remain firmly client driven, supporting them in delivering on their own ambitions as set out in their national plans and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs ...

The Bank Regulation and Supervision Survey is a unique source of comparable economy-level data on how banks are regulated and supervised around the world. The most recent survey was started in 2017 ...

The Nepal Human Capital Review tells the story of unrealized talent and unrealized potential. At its core lies a powerful question: What would Nepal’s labor productivity look like if every child—no ...

The World Bank Group (WBG) is renewing its approach for Civic and Citizen Engagement (CCE), an initiative that is crucial in the current context of multiple global crises. This new approach emphasizes ...

The IBRD Articles of Agreement are also available in PDF format (213 KB) (As amended effective June 27, 2012) The Governments on whose behalf the present Agreement is signed agree as follows: ...

The World Bank today approved the $216 million Sikasso-Korhogo-Bobo-Dioulasso (SKBo) Basin of Integration Project to strengthen the resilience of transport infrastructure to the challenges posed by ...

Overall, a total of 26-38% of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean could be exposed to Generative AI. Generative AI could result in a productivity-enhancing transformation of 8-14% of jobs, with a ...

Zainab Ahmed, a Nigerian national, has served as the World Bank Group Executive Director representing Angola, Nigeria, and South Africa since November 2024. Prior to this role, she was the Alternate ...

Beyond the ways in which payments, savings, and credit could help lower poverty rates, increase consumption, and enable more spending on education, health, and income-generating opportunities, ...