Economic activity picked up in China in early 2024, buoyed by stronger exports. Meanwhile, growth in domestic demand moderated. Manufacturing and infrastructure investment and consumer spending on ...

The World Bank today approved a $250 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) and a $10 million grant from the Energy Sector Management Assistance Program for a 4-year Ghana ...

The global economy is expected to stabilize for the first time in three years in 2024—but at a level that is weak by recent ...

[00:00] - We are expecting 60% of economies to have slower growth than what they actually experienced in the decade prior to ...

Historic Fund will assist developing countries hit by adverse effects of climate change. WASHINGTON, June 10, 2024—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the World Bank’s role as ...

What are the existing and emerging economic growth challenges for middle-income countries, that house 75% of the global population and are key contributors to both economic activity and carbon ...

Sita Lama is a resident of Rainas Municipality in Lamjung of Gandaki Province. Sita lives mostly alone as her son is studying in Chitwan and her daughter is married off. Like many families, the ...

Usha Bhujel lives in Rainas Municipality in Lamjung of Gandaki Province. Originally from Gorkha, Usha used to live with her father and stepmother before moving with her husband to Lamjung after ...

WASHINGTON, June 7, 2024 – The World Bank has approved a new project to assist the Dominican Republic in its efforts to promote key institutional reforms for climate resilience, reduced water, soil, ...

Indonesia's tropical forests are a vital source of food, fuel, shelter, and employment for more than one-fifth of the country's population, and a crucial resource in the fight against climate change.

Gujri Devi Ban is from Aurahi Rural Municipality, Dhanusha, in Nepal’s Madhesh Province. She has been a part of the temporary employment program under the Youth Employment Transformation Initiative ...

Suchit Tamang, an elected member of Ward 13 of Pokhara Metropolitan City stands in front of Kamalpokhari, a newly restored pond with support from the World Bank-supported Youth Employment ...