Lessons from the impact of the global economic crisis a decade ago, plus a sustained period of economic growth, has helped to drive substantial social development...
Here’s a statistic: 75 percent of the infrastructure that will be required globally in 2050 has yet to be built. That sounds daunting, but the truth...
Sri Lanka is widely recognized for its rapid development progress—as shown by various development indicators—but underperformance on growth. The country’s growth slowed to 3.2% in 2018....
The World Bank Group today honored His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Amir of the State of Kuwait, for his exemplary role in supporting...
The European Union and its Member States continued to be the world’s leading provider of official development assistance in 2018 and stepped up their efforts directed...
Three years of implementation of the transformative 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific shows the region has some catching up to do....
A new generation of infrastructure projects that harness the power of nature can help achieve development goals, including water security and climate resilience, according to a...
There has been a lot of discussion recently about the value of multilateralism. I am a strong believer that the multilateral system, which includes multilateral development...
The story of 1.2 billion people living in the African continent is poised to change considerably and could be the big story of the next decade...
This month, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim shocked the international aid community with his announcement that he will leave his post on 1 February —...