Investing in health drives job creation and economic growth, highlighting its pivotal role in building resilient societies and fostering prosperity.

The Artificial Intelligence revolution is transforming education at an unprecedented pace, offering innovative opportunities to personalize learning experiences, support teachers and students in their ...

In response to a widespread and worsening water crisis, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are taking strong steps to ensure a water-secure future for their citizens. In the process, ...

Technology is transforming jobs and wages in East Asia and Pacific, creating opportunities but the benefits are not being ...

Over the past decade, the World Bank’s Trade Facilitation Support Program (TFSP) has worked with 58 developing countries around the world to transform their trade environments.

The latest global economic outlook for 2025 from the World Bank. Learn about economic trends, policies, GDP growth, risks, and inflation rates affecting the world economy, stability, and development.

Extreme urban heat is becoming an urgent challenge for Bangkok, threatening lives, livelihoods, and the city’s economic resilience. The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect exacerbates this crisis, turning ...

Reconstruction and recovery needs in Gaza are estimated to require $53 billion, according to the Gaza & West Bank Interim Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (IRDNA).

The World Bank Group and partner governments have mobilized a record replenishment to the International Development Association (IDA), the world’s largest source of development finance for low-income ...

The World Bank's new approach, articulated in a new report, Achieving Sustainable and Inclusive Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM): A Renewed Framework for World Bank Engagement, champions the ...

The report “Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty” commissioned 14 background papers in collaboration with research institutions across the globe to provide the report with ...

As differences in price levels across the world evolve, the global poverty line has to be periodically updated to reflect these changes. Since 2015, the last update, we have used $1.90 as the global ...