WASHINGTON, April 18, 2019 – A new, Western Balkans Trade and Transport Facilitation Project will reduce both time and cost of trade across the Western Balkans.
The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a Euro €13.4 million additional loan for the Lifeline Road Network Improvement Project (LRNIP) for Armenia.
The government of Bangladesh today signed a $100.5 million financing agreement with the World Bank to improve livability of four large neighborhoods in Dhaka City, benefitting about a million residents.
World Bank Group President David Malpass today announced the appointment of Anshula Kant as Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer of the World Bank Group
Ghana – with one of the highest deforestation rates in Africa – has become the third country to sign a landmark agreement with the World Bank that rewards community efforts to reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.
10 years ago, the World Bank issued the first green bond, transforming development finance and sparking a sustainability revolution in the capital markets. Kristalina Georgieva World Bank CEO Chief Executive Officer IDA IBRD WB
As 2018 comes to an end, here are 14 charts that tell a story about the challenges we face -- and the actions needed to create a more inclusive, sustainable world.
There is an empirical revolution underway in our understanding of the public sector. More data is available on public officials, and what makes public organizations work, than ever before.
The World Bank Group’s (WBG) Fragile, Conflict and Violence Group (formally the Center on
Conflict, Security and Development CCSD) annually releases the Harmonized List of Fragile
Situations.