Darwin Pineda (Bananas producer): "Banco de Machala has been supporting us in a very harmonious, very fast, and efficient way. It is extremely important that the government has changed the CFN credit ...

The Georgia National Innovation Ecosystem (GENIE) Project, launched in 2016, boosted innovation and digital participation nationwide. By project closing in 2023, GENIE reached 52,000 direct ...

In the past five years, countries in Africa have experienced a considerable increase in public debt and risk, as the shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have compounded ...

In the Sahel and Horn of Africa, both regions facing a persistent food and nutrition crisis driven by drought and exacerbated by conflict and fragility, the World Bank is scaling up short- and ...

The Côte d’Ivoire e-Agriculture Project benefited over 400,000 individuals between 2018 and 2023 working in selected agricultural value chains by improving market access and information through ...

The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) has promptly responded to the Covid-19 pandemic through its Electricity Access and Efficient and Clean Cooling Programs (the programs). As a ...

Natural hazards, some fueled by a changing climate, have a devastating effect on children’s education and lives in every corner of the globe. Through its Global Program for Safer Schools (GPSS), the ...

For the past 30 years, the World Bank has partnered with Tajikistan to help boost economic growth, reduce poverty, and unleash the country’s full development potential. When COVID-19 hit, the World ...

A homestead in Kanzenze, Bugesera District, Rwanda accessing electricity through a tabletsized solar panel, placed on the roof; a member of the homestead charging his phone using solar power. Photo: ...

A World Bank project strengthened the institutional capacity of Haiti’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development by accessing technologies to increase not only agricultural productivity and ...

Through supporting the effectiveness of Rwanda’s flagship social protection Vision 2020 Umurenge Program (VUP), the World Bank’s Strengthening Social Protection Project (SSPP) increased the coverage ...

The World Bank is supporting India’s efforts to give the country’s fast-growing young workforce access to skills needed to drive the economy of the future. The Bank-financed $250 million Skill India ...