The September 2025 update to the poverty and inequality platform (PIP) introduces changes to the data underlying the global poverty estimates. This document details the changes to underlying data and the...
The standard global poverty estimation method - relying on household survey data and consumer price index (CPI) - based inflation - suggests a sharp decline in Madagascar’s international poverty rate (measured...
In collaboration with Nigeria’s Rural Electrification Agency, the World Bank is piloting a Responsible Data Sharing Framework (RDSF) for the distributed renewable energy sector. The framework was developed...
The Sahel — considered to include Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal for the purpose of this study — is a complex environment with high rates of poverty and gender inequality which...
On September 8, 2025, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and sixteen. It was resolved that IBRD transfer immediately...
On September 8, 2025, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and fifteen. It was resolved that the IBRD transfer from surplus...
On September 8, 20245 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and fourteen. It was resolved that the IBRD transfers immediately...
On September 8, 2025, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) Board of Governors adopted resolution number seven hundred and thirteen. It was resolved that the Report of the Executive...
Governments and development institutions dedicate substantial resources to programs aimed at expanding access to finance for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs), with the expectation that...
In the Sahel, vulnerability, poverty, competition over natural resources, and limited economic opportunities have weakened social bonds and fueled conflict, dynamics further exacerbated by climate change...
Although by its very nature climate resilience can never be fully “standardized”, the development and mainstreaming of climate resilience metrics can benefit from greater consensus around key topics. Areas...
Studies of the development of clean hydrogen have often focused on the production side. Infrastructure built and used for storage and transportation warrants more attention. Among the topics that should...
Improvements on excise taxes on tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) are urgently needed in Mexico to reduce preventable premature deaths. In Mexico, 125,350 people lose their...
En México se necesitan urgentemente mejoras en los impuestos selectivos al tabaco, las bebidas alcohólicas y las bebidas azucaradas para reducir las muertes prematuras evitables. En México, 125,350 personas...
Climate shocks increase poverty and reduce development gains and productive investments, in part because vulnerable households have poor financial resilience, are often not covered by public safety nets...
Development outcomes such as job creation, clean energy access, and sustainable agriculture drive a global effort to bolster growth along sustainable and climate-resilient pathways, but significant funding...
This work contributes to CGAP’s vision for a Responsible Digital Finance Ecosystem (RDFE), where financial and nonfinancial authorities, providers, consumer representatives, and market facilitators collaborate...
Supporting countries in their fertility transitions can entail different entry points, such as improving access to reproductive health services, raising awareness and knowledge of family planning, promoting...
The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) aims to level the playing field by applying the same carbon price faced by domestic producers under the Emission Trading System to the emissions embodied...
Burundi’s shift from its initial management information systems (MIS) to the open-source CORE-MIS (powered by open IMIS) offers valuable insights in terms of implementation approach for other countries...