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 ...

• Vietnam has made significant progress towards achieving universal coverage (UC). Rapid progress has been made in increasing enrollment rates and budgetary resources. • The Government of Vietnam has ...

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 Listening to the Citizens of Uzbekistan (L2CU) Survey has been conducted monthly since 2018, with support from the UK Government starting in 2020. It measures various indicators of the well-being ...

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 ...