The World Bank Group today announced the appointment of Tsutomu Yamamoto as Managing Director of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), home of the World Bank Group Guarantee Platform.

Eswatini needs to digitalize, strengthen public finances and address structural economic constraints to sustain growth, according to the latest edition of the Eswatini Economic Update (EEU) launched ...

The Tajikistan Economic Update is an annual report that analyzes recent economic developments, prospects, and policy issues in Tajikistan.

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), rationalizing tax incentives could improve effectiveness of tax policies, and pave the way for future tax rate reductions, while ensuring adequate resources ...

Scaling Water Reuse: A Tipping Point for Municipal and Industrial Use, makes the case for investing in the treatment and reuse of alternative water sources to create fit-for-purpose supply for ...

IDA is working on a policy and financial package for its 21st replenishment, known as IDA21. This process began in December 2023 and will conclude in December 2024. Since April 2024, IDA has worked ...

In 2024, Belize, a small Caribbean country grappling with increasing climate risks that strain its economy, gained access to concessional financing from the World Bank’s International Development ...

World Bank provides $400 million to allow 12 million people in Angola, Burundi, Malawi, Seychelles and Zambia to benefit from financial readiness against climate-related and other disasters ...

The Governments of Mauritania and Chad today signed funding agreements for the Regional Engagement for Learning and Collaboration in Education (RELANCE) Project, supported by the World Bank and the ...

4.7 million Malagasy students in pre-primary and primary education, 135,000 teachers, and 27,000 public primary schools across the country will directly benefit from the newly approved Transforming ...

In the heart of the Pacific Ocean, on a narrow atoll barely rising above the sea, sits one of the most remarkable pieces of infrastructure in the world, not because it is the largest, or the busiest, ...

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