The World Bank's Prospects Group conducts in-depth analysis of key global macroeconomic developments and their impact on World Bank member countries. The Prospects Group leads the World Bank’s ...

Slovenia has announced a 30% increase in its contribution to the World Bank's International Development Association (IDA), reinforcing its commitment to supporting the world's poorest countries. The ...

Schedule The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take place from April 21 to 26, in Washington, D.C. Key events will include the ...

The Joint MDB Water Security Financing Report 2024 marks a milestone in collective action by ten Multilateral Development ...

World Development Report 2022: FINANCE for an Equitable RecoveryThe COVID-19 pandemic triggered the largest global economic crisis seen in more than a century, with especially severe impacts for ...

Fifty-eight-year-old widow Arza Parveen wasted no time building a life of resilience and independence after her husband was injured in war. Her family was left without financial support. With a ...

World Bank Appoints New Country Director for PakistanISLAMABAD, June 30, 2025 — Ms. Bolormaa Amgaabazar is the new World Bank Country Director for Pakistan effective July 1. She is succeeding Mr. Najy ...

Latin America and the Caribbean has lost not decades but a century of growth due to its inability to identify, adapt, and implement new technologies. The continent can reclaim the lost century by ...

World Bank assessment finds conflict and instability are taking a devastating toll on the 39 economies afflicted by them, driving up extreme poverty faster than anywhere else, intensifying acute ...