The World Bank Group today announced the appointment of Tsutomu Yamamoto as Managing Director of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), home of the World Bank Group Guarantee Platform.

Global gas flaring rose to its highest level since 2007, wasting $63 billion in energy and emitting 389 million tonnes of ...

In 2024, Belize, a small Caribbean country grappling with increasing climate risks that strain its economy, gained access to ...

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

In the heart of the Pacific Ocean, on a narrow atoll barely rising above the sea, sits one of the most remarkable pieces of infrastructure in the world, not because it is the largest, or the busiest, ...

Over the past decade, the African Centers of Excellence (ACE) have trained thousands of students in key fields such as health, agriculture, digital technology, energy, and the environment. But behind ...

The World Bank is strengthening its procurement requirements to help address the jobs challenge in developing countries by requiring companies working on World Bank-funded projects to include local ...

Global gas flaring increased by 9 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2023, reaching 148 bcm, the highest level since 2019. The top ...

The World Bank In Cambodia Over the two decades before COVID-19 struck in 2020, Cambodia blossomed economically. Having reached lower middle-income status in 2015, it set its signs on attaining upper ...

The GovTech Maturity Index (GTMI) is part of the GovTech Initiative to measure maturity in four focus areas: supporting core government systems, enhancing service delivery, mainstreaming citizen ...

Latest news and information from the World Bank and its development work in Cote d'Ivoire. Access Cote d'Ivoire’s economy facts, statistics, project information, development research from experts and ...