The World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed the Second Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO) for $200 million. This is the second ...

Developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) is continuing to grow faster than the rest of the world in 2024, but slower than before the pandemic, the World Bank said in its semi-annual economic outlook for ...

The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness.

With support from the World Bank and the Global Financing Facility (GFF), Nigeria strengthened primary health care and expanded critical services to women, children and adolescents. Despite progress, ...

The Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) is an independent unit within the World Bank that investigates and pursues sanctions related to allegations of fraud and corruption in World Bank-financed projects.

What does the world need to do to become “Business Ready”? A healthy business environment and strong private sector are ...

Economies do better at enacting regulations to improve the national business climate than they do in providing the public ...

Poverty has increased slightly amid recent shocks, despite some economic stabilization. Pakistan made significant progress towards reducing poverty between 2001 and 2018 with the expansion of off-farm ...

Despite progress over the past decades, child malnutrition remains high and adult obesity rates are increasing. Investments to scale up high-impact nutrition interventions could save the lives of 6.2 ...

Human-wildlife conflict is increasing across the globe and negatively impacting both endangered species and people. Habitat loss, climate change, competition over natural resources like land and water ...

South Asia is expected to remain the fastest-growing region in the world with output growth expected to be strong at 6.0% in 2024. But persistent structural challenges threaten to undermine sustained, ...

We face big challenges to help the world’s poorest people and ensure that everyone sees benefits from economic growth. Data and research help us understand these challenges and set priorities, share ...