Nigeria has the potential to become an economic powerhouse. Its large and growing population and its regional trade ties through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) offer the potential...
Nigeria has the potential to become an economic powerhouse. Its large and growing population and its regional trade ties through the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) offer the potential...
Statement by Qu Dongyu at the 111th Meeting of the Development Committee held on April 24, 2025. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2024 report indicates that in 2023, an estimated...
The development objective of Palestinian Health System Reform Project for West Bank and Gaza is to contribute to improvements in the efficiency, sustainability, and quality of the Palestinian health system...
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), with a population of 110,947 (2020), is a small, upper-middle-income island state in the Eastern Caribbean, with a tourism-based economy highly dependent on its...
Rapid population growth and urbanization place substantial demands on the infrastructure in African countries. With this, major investments in public infrastructure, including transport, telecommunications...
Rapid population growth and urbanization place substantial demands on African countries’ infrastructures. With this, major investments in public infrastructure, including transport, telecommunications...
Bangladesh is warming at an alarming rate, the maximum temperature increased by 1.1°C between 1980 and 2023. At the same time, the heat index, or feels like temperature (which combines humidity and temperature...
Gabon distinguishes itself in Sub-Saharan Africa with its relatively high income per capita, abundant natural resources, and a significant urban population - 89 percent residing in urban areas. Economic...
About 1.2 billion people - one in five people in the world – are at high risk from climate-related hazards, but much can be done to make people, business, communities, and countries more resilient. The...
About 1.2 billion people - one in five people in the world – are at high risk from climate-related hazards, but much can be done to make people, business, communities, and countries more resilient. The...
Opći je cilj podržati Ministarstvo rada, mirovinskog sustava, obitelji i socijalne politike (MLPSFSP) u razvoju metodologije za redovito praćenje siromaštva i socijalne isključenosti na razini NUTS 3 ili...
The national poverty rate increased 1.8 percentage points from 41.4 percent in 2018-19 to 43.2 percent in 2021-22, dramatically increasing in the Sahel region. Poverty rates in the Sahel region (which...
Fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS), environmental degradation, and natural disasters are on the rise and threaten to reverse development gains. In the past decade, violent civil conflicts have...
El panorama demográfico mundial se encuentra en una encrucijada, con una rápida disminución de la fertilidad y el envejecimiento de la población que tienen profundas implicaciones para el empleo, los servicios...
Ratings for the Strengthening Universal Health Insurance Project for Costa Rica were as follows: outcomes were highly unsatisfactory, the Bank performance was highly satisfactory, and the monitoring and...
The report illustrates the results of a series of simulations of the spread of COVID-19 disease in refugee camps using a demo set of data from the Za’atari refugee camp in Jordan. The purpose of this exercise...
Forced displacement has become a phenomenon of tragic proportions. By the end of 2022, more than 108 million people were forcibly displaced, having escaped conflict, violence, or persecution. Low- and...
As the number of forcibly displaced persons around the world reached a record 120 million in June 2024, the World Bank continues to deepen its efforts to understand and respond to the unique needs of these...