FundsChain, a blockchain-based platform, enables the World Bank to improve traceability, accountability, and streamline ...

From West Africa to South Asia, two bold initiatives show how with the right mix of strategy, investment, innovation and commitment, water can be a catalyst for lasting change.

With World Bank support, Türkiye invested in energy efficiency for facilities like schools and hospitals—cutting demand, ...

Growth in the developing economies of Europe and Central Asia is expected to slow from 3.7% in 2024 to 2.4% in 2025, driven primarily by a weaker pace of expansion in the Russian Federation. The ...

The October 2025 edition of Africa’s Pulse reports that economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa has maintained momentum amid heightened global policy uncertainty. Following a trough in 2023, regional ...

Madagascar, the world’s fifth-largest island, lies in the Indian Ocean off the coast of southern Africa. Its population, estimated at 30.3 million in 2023, faces persistently high poverty. Andry ...

Ghana sits on the Atlantic Ocean and borders Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. Its population is about 34.4 million (2024). In the past two decades, it has taken major strides towards democracy ...

A Better Bank for a Better WorldThe International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) are two of the five institutions of the World Bank ...

After the commodity boom ended in 2014, Bolivia relied on significant public spending to maintain high economic growth. In a less favorable context, these measures increased public debt and reduced ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

The 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund will take place from Monday, October 13 to Saturday, October 18. Keystones of the Annual Meetings are the Plenary ...

This page provides a collection of visualization, tools and resources to better understand and use the SPI data. For instance, you can: See how a country performs on the pillars and dimensions Track a ...