KYIV, March 26, 2024—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a new Development Policy Operation (DPO) for Ukraine in the amount of $1.5 billion. The Growth Foundations operation...
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Liberia Poverty Assessment - Toward a More Inclusive Liberia 2023
New Report to Address Poverty in Liberia Launched MONROVIA, March 18, 2024 - The World Bank has launched a new report titled Liberia Poverty Assessment 2023 Report: Towards a More Inclusive Liberia...
2.5 Million People To Benefit From Better Health Services in Mauritania’s Communities
WASHINGTON, MARCH 22, 2024 - A new national program approved today by the World Bank will help improve health services for about 2.5 million people, especially women, children, and adolescents in...
Liberia: Country Climate and Development Report
Executive Summary Global climate change poses an existential threat to peace and prosperity in Liberia. As the oldest republic in Africa, Liberia has navigated a treacherous path to stability,...
Pakistan: Two New World Bank Projects to Support the Digital Economy and Increase Resilience to Floods
WASHINGTON, March 22, 2024—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved $149.7 million in financing for Pakistan today to support two projects. The Digital Economy Enhancement Project ($78...
Indicative Costing of Timor-Leste’s Consolidated National Action Plan for Nutrition and Food Security (February 2024)
Additional Investment of $55 Million Needed to Improve Child Nutrition in Timor-Leste, Report Finds DILI, March 21, 2024– Timor-Leste can achieve its hunger and malnutrition reduction goals and...
Senegal + 2 more
Bringing forth water to combat food insecurity and climate change in the Sahel
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Sixty-four percent of the population of the Sahel lives in rural areas and depends primarily on rainfed farming for their livelihood. Despite the potential for up to two million...
Bangladesh + 1 more
Food assistance in the Rohingya crisis: An evaluation of fresh food corners scale-up in Cox’s Bazar refugee camps (October 2023)
In 2017, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh faced one of the largest influx of refugees in recent history. Approximately 724,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar in the face of violence, joining earlier waves, increasing...
How Mongolia’s Herders Faced Climate Change [EN/MN]
STORY HIGHLIGHTS The three-phase Sustainable Livelihoods Project, implemented from 2002 to 2023, has supported the Mongolian government’s effort to modernize a mostly rural and underdeveloped...
Impact evaluation of the Home-Grown School Feeding programme in Malawi - Inception Note
Malawi, Home-Grown School Feeding Programme: Impact Evaluation This inception note was prepared by the WFP’s Office of Evaluation (OEV) and World Bank’s Development Impact Evaluation (DIME)...
A new dawn for women in irrigated farming
With over 220 million people, Nigeria is the most populated country in Africa and the sixth most populated in the world. The country’s extreme poverty rates – approximately 46% of the country lives...
Global child deaths reach historic low in 2022 - UN report
Despite progress, an estimated 4.9 million children died before their fifth birthday somewhere in the world, or 1 death every 6 seconds GENEVA/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, 13 March 2024 – The number of...
World + 20 more
Food Security Update (February 29, 2024)
The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this update do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, its Board of Executive Directors, or the governments they represent. AT...
Improving Water and Sanitation Facilities in Malawi’s Urban Schools for Better Learning Outcomes
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Without WASH facilities in schools, children are more likely to get ill and miss out on an education, particularly girls. The availability of water, sanitation, and hygiene...
Burkina Faso + 33 more
The Gendered Burden of Water Collection in Sub-Saharan Africa
Fetching water is a demanding task, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa where it is common for people to spend over 30 minutes for a single water fetching trip. This task falls mostly on women and...
Lebanon: Country Climate and Development Report (March 2024) [EN/AR]
Critical Investments in Key Sectors Can Help Lebanon Mitigate Climate Change Impact on Growth and Prepare for a Green Transition Beirut, March 13, 2024: No-regret investments in key service sectors...
Le nombre de décès d’enfants dans le monde atteint un niveau historiquement bas en 2022 – Rapport de l’ONU
Néanmoins, malgré les progrès enregistrés, 4,9 millions d’enfants à travers le monde sont morts avant leur cinquième anniversaire, ce qui représente un décès toutes les 6 secondes. GENÈVE/NEW...
La mortalidad infantil alcanzó un mínimo mundial histórico en 2022, según un informe de las Naciones Unidas
Sin embargo, a pesar de los avances, se calcula que 4,9 millones de niños y niñas murieron antes de cumplir cinco años en algún lugar del mundo, es decir, una muerte cada 6 segundos. GINEBRA/NUEVA...
Levels & Trends in Child Mortality: Report 2023
This year’s United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME)’s findings represent a noteworthy moment in the ongoing campaign to end all preventable child deaths: The annual...
Afghanistan Economic Monitor (February 2024)
The World Bank has been closely monitoring the evolving economic situation in Afghanistan and has been regularly producing economic monitoring reports. The World Bank Afghanistan Economic Monitor...