The agriculture system that produces the world’s food can cut greenhouse gas emissions while continuing to feed the world. The global agrifood system presents a huge opportunity to cut almost a third ...

The 2024 World Bank Group-IMF Spring Meetings took place from April 11-18. The focus for this year was on how the World Bank Group can turn its vision – of creating a world free of poverty on a ...

The World Bank’s Papua New Guinea Economic Update provides an annual assessment of Papua New Guinea’s economy within a long-term and global context along with the economic outlook. The May 2024 ...

ACCRA, April 30, 2024 – A new World Bank report released today, calls for urgent action to strengthen the resilience of Ghana’s health system against the adverse effects of climate change. The report, ...

In January 2024, the Lebanon Reform Recovery and Reconstruction Framework (3RF) team asked Lebanese citizens what they thought of reforms, through a series of vox-pop videos. Participants shared their ...

When a 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Cianjur district in Indonesia’s West Java province in November 2022, more than 13,000 students at private religious schools were thrown out of their ...

In 2021, the World Bank Group announced a new core diagnostic report, the Country Climate and Development Reports (CCDRs), to analyze how each country’s development goals can be achieved in the ...

Washington, D.C., May 2, 2024 – The World Bank Group’s Board of Directors endorsed a new strategic partnership for Jamaica today. This new plan for the 2024-2027 period focuses on advancing green, ...

Papua New Guinea is undergoing economic and social transformation. It is one of the most diverse countries in the world; home to over 11.78 million people and more than 800 different languages spoken ...

The report presents, in a uniform format, data on GDP expenditure details in national and international currency terms, and purchasing power of currency rates generated for 87 countries surveyed over ...

Wilfried Kouamé is the Senior Economist for Senegal and The Gambia in the Macroeconomics, Trade, and Investment Global Practice. He previously was Country Economist for the Central African Republic ...