Across East Asia and Pacific, the World Bank is working with governments and partners to open up inclusive pathways for youth. At the heart of this effort is a core development priority: creating more ...

In response to a widespread and worsening water crisis, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are taking strong steps to ensure a water-secure future for their citizens. In the process, ...

Technology is transforming jobs and wages in East Asia and Pacific, creating opportunities but the benefits are not being ...

Since the early 2000s, the global aid architecture has undergone a significant transformation, evolving without a clear blueprint in place. While financial flows to developing countries have grown, ...

For years, Jamaica has been highly exposed to natural disasters, from hurricanes and floods to earthquakes and landslides.

Over the past decade, the World Bank’s Trade Facilitation Support Program (TFSP) has worked with 58 developing countries around the world to transform their trade environments.

The World Bank Group provides innovative solutions for financing, enabling and delivering infrastructure projects in client countries. We build stronger investment environments; design projects that ...

Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning ...

Reconstruction and recovery needs in Gaza are estimated to require $53 billion, according to the Gaza & West Bank Interim Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (IRDNA).

Roughly 600 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity. Energy access is a lifeline for people, helping drive economic opportunities, boosting job creation, and improving ...

The report “Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty” commissioned 14 background papers in collaboration with research institutions across the globe to provide the report with ...

As differences in price levels across the world evolve, the global poverty line has to be periodically updated to reflect these changes. Since 2015, the last update, we have used $1.90 as the global ...