Cote d’Ivoire’s cashew subsector has strong potential for growth if the value chain, and especially local processing, can improve. A new World Bank project, the largest to date in the subsector, is cutting...
In 2015, Peru embarked on reforms to attract more commercial financing for its public-private partnership (PPPs) while reducing the need for government guarantees to cover projects’ commercial risk. With...
In the eight francophone countries that make up the West African economic and monetary union (WAEMU), housing is scarce, demand is skyrocketing, and costs are high. The World Bank Group supported interventions...
The World Bank Group is supporting a transformation in Afghanistan’s underdeveloped raisins sector to recapture its former status as a world-class producer and exporter. Collaborative interventions range...
With one of the world’s largest and most plentiful fishing grounds, vulnerable Solomon Islands relies on tuna for revenue, food security, and exports. World Bank Group support is boosting capacity to sustainably...
The Turkish Government is transforming its healthcare sector so that all its citizens have access to quality services. To do this, it is partnering with the private sector on a major program to improve...
The government of Madagascar, with World Bank support, is helping rural herders and farmers improve incomes by improving veterinary services and developing new road infrastructure. International Finance...
The Egyptian government has a clear vision to ensure energy security. In 2014, it initiated reforms to improve the sector’s operational and financial performance, attract private investment, and expand...
Power demand in West Bank is fast outpacing supply and Gaza is already experiencing severe shortage with electricity supply of less than 6 hours per day, affecting homes, hospitals, schools, and businesses...
Kenya is developing programs to foster private sector participation in infrastructure investments to help address the funding gap in the sector. The World Bank Group has provided financial help to kick-start...
Colombia’s fourth generation (4G) roads concession program is a large-scale plan to create a nationwide toll road network with private sector participation. At the request of the government, the World...