Childcare services are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting equitable development in West Africa.

This session will spotlight innovative methods used to value forest ecosystem services, including the use of regression and machine learning to estimate benefits such as water regulation, non-wood ...

Human resources are the backbone of good quality social services. However, low wages, limited training programs and career advancement opportunities hinder the recruitment and retention of qualified ...

Abuja, May 12, 2025 - Nigeria’s macroeconomic situation is improving as a result of sustained reforms according to the latest edition of the Nigeria Development Update (NDU) report released today. The ...

The World Bank Group helps the private sector invest in emerging markets, in line with each investor’s strategic priorities and risk appetite. We offer a wide range of products and programs to ...

Jobs are the most reliable pathway out of poverty. Sustained and inclusive economic growth, driven by a productive private sector, creates more and better jobs and leads to increases in living ...

Located in Southern Africa, Malawi is landlocked, sharing its borders with Mozambique, Zambia, and Tanzania. The country's estimated population is 21.1million (2023) with an annual growth rate of 2.6% ...

Mozambique borders Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Eswatini. Its long Indian Ocean coastline of 2,700 kilometers faces east to Madagascar. About two-thirds of its estimated 33 ...

The World Bank Group Sanctions Board, composed of seven (7) external judges, is an independent administrative tribunal that serves as the final decision-maker in all contested cases of sanctionable ...

This event presents an opportunity to showcase the world’s progress to date on reducing extreme poverty, identify barriers to future progress on SDG 1, convene country representatives to reflect on ...

Sustainable economic growth continues to offer the surest path out of poverty. The World Bank supports investments in countries that underpin long-term growth and that help to meet the needs of their ...

As the first public database to provide detailed comparable information on the microstructure of trade flows between countries, the Exporter Dynamics Database (EDD) has filled a significant gap in our ...