Guided by the outcome of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) polling process, World Bank Group President Ajay Banga today announced that the World Bank Group is now resuming dealings with the Gove ...
The Heads of the International Energy Agency, International Monetary Fund, and World Bank Group met today as part of the coordination group they established in early April to maximize their ...
WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2026 — The World Bank Group’s Reserve Advisory and Management Partnership (RAMP) program and the Central Bank of the Republic of Kosovo (CBK) signed a new membership ...
The World Bank’s Prospects Group has constructed a comprehensive cross-country database of fiscal space. The database covers 204 countries over the period 1990-2025, and includes 29 indicators of ...
The JJ/WBGSP is open to citizens of certain developing countries with relevant professional experience and a history of supporting their countries’ development efforts who are applying to a master's ...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are the economic backbone of virtually every economy in the world. SMEs represent more than 95% of registered firms worldwide, account for more than 50% of jobs, ...
The World Bank’s Development Economics Vice Presidency (DEC) provides scholarships to students and young researchers, contributing to the World Bank’s mission of forging new dynamic approaches to ...
The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in September 2022. The decision, announced in May, follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert ...
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, ...
The World Bank Group, in partnership with multilateral development banks, development finance institutions and key partners, today launched Water Forward, a global platform to help improve water ...
The transformation of the Matanza-Riachuelo River in Argentina has begun and will benefit more than 4 million people. Spanning 2,000 km2, the Matanza-Riachuelo basin is home to 10 percent of Argentina ...
Unsafe food costs low- and middle-income economies US$ 110 billion in lost productivity and medical expenses each year. Preventative measures—including greater investment, better regulatory frameworks ...