World Bank assessment finds conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, ...

Global growth is projected to slow to 2.3 percent in 2025, nearly half a percentage point lower than the rate that had been ...

Conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, driving up extreme poverty ...

Flows of foreign direct investment into developing economies have dwindled to the lowest level since 2005 amid rising trade ...

This report calls for a radical shift toward debt transparency as critical to debt sustainability, urging legislative reforms ...

Some women in Somalia have found work in its male-dominated construction industry, proving that skill, not gender, determines ...

Rwanda's Journey to Job Creation A sunny June day in a Kigali market, a young girl named Joy sets out a small basket of ...

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The World Bank has updated its global poverty lines. This latest revision uses 2021 purchasing power parities, as well as updated national poverty lines that better capture countries’ household ...

About the Finance and Prosperity Report. Finance and Prosperity is an annual World Bank report that examines financial sector developments and vulnerabilities in low- and middle-income countries.

About State and Trends of Carbon Pricing . Carbon pricing is an important tool to mobilize finance and secure development outcomes. Today, about 28% of global greenhouse gas emissions are covered by a ...