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 ...

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: ...

Countries affected by fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV) are on a different development trajectory than the rest of the world, with persistently high levels of poverty and declining human capital ...

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 ...

Conservation effort: Nini in Indonesia has been planting mangrove seedlings at a government site since 2021, which provides her with a steady income. Countries around the globe are facing increasing ...

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 ...

Urban transport is vital for connecting people to jobs, education, healthcare, and other essential services in cities. The World Bank is supporting countries through investments in mass transit ...

The Nachtigal Hydropower Project is a 420MW hydropower plant on the Sanaga River that will contribute an additional 30 percent of installed generation capacity in Cameroon, along with significant ...

The World Bank’s Multipurpose Disaster Shelter Project (MDSP) has played a crucial role in the successful effort to protect people in the cyclone exposed coastal region of Bangladesh. The project, ...