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

The Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides a global audience with the latest and most accurate estimates on trends in global poverty and shared prosperity.

Latest news and information from the World Bank and its development work in Turkmenistan. Access Turkmenistan’s economy facts, statistics, project information, development research from experts and ...

Over the past decade, the African Centers of Excellence (ACE) have trained thousands of students in key fields such as health, agriculture, digital technology, energy, and the environment. But behind ...

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.

A new World Bank report notes that Indian cities hold tremendous potential as centers of economic growth with 70 percent of new jobs coming from cities by 2030. However, timely action is needed for ...

Assessing Africa's Policies and Institutions The 2025 Africa Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report covers the period January to December 2024. It identifies key policy trends in ...

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) are two of the five institutions of the World Bank Group (WBG). Each institution ...

Sub-Saharan Africa is the world’s second most unequal region after Latin America, with deep-seated structural sources of inequality not only limiting poverty reduction, but growth itself. The report, ...

Schedule The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take place from April 21 to 26, in Washington, D.C. Key events will include the ...

Climate change and food and nutrition insecurity pose two of the greatest development challenges of our time. Yet a more sustainable food system can not only heal the planet, but ensure food security ...

Country Partnership Framework for IndiaIndia is in a period of unprecedented opportunity, challenge and ambition in its development. The country’s extreme poverty rate has fallen from 46 percent to 21 ...