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 ...

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, ...

Economic growth in the Lao PDR is estimated to have been below 2019 levels in 2023 and is forecast to remain below that pace in 2024, weighed down by economic instability, low worker skills, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Climate and Health Vulnerability Assessment (CHVA) for Ghana.

With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable ...

The DE4LAC Ecuador country diagnostic report assesses Jamaica's digital economy, identifies challenges, and outlines policy priorities for the Government using the World Bank's Digital Economy ...