The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved the Kosovo Financial Sector Strengthening Project, to improve access to finance for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises...
Jamaica is well known for its beautiful beaches, Bob Marley, and reggae music. But what is less known is that the Caribbean island started a silent...
The notable improvements that the people of the South Caucasus have experienced are reflected in better living standards that allowed poverty to be reduced by half...
The government of Bangladesh today signed a $165 million grant financing agreement with the World Bank to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience...
The Cambodian economy grew 7.5 percent in 2018, according to the World Bank’s Cambodia Economic Update, released today. This better-than-expected growth was driven largely by the...
Supporting faster growth, increasing productivity and investing in opportunities for people, especially in less developed regions is the aim of the new 2019-24 World Bank Group...
The World Bank today launched the Climate-Smart Mining Facility, the first-ever fund dedicated to making mining for minerals climate-smart and sustainable. The Facility will support the...
The World Bank Group (WBG) Board of Executive Directors endorsed today the new Argentina Country Partnership Framework (CPF) until 2022. The partnership will focus on working...
Across the developing world, financial institutions have leveraged digital technologies and innovative business models to expand access to digital financial services (DFS), such as digital transaction...
Growth in developing East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) is projected to soften to 6.0 percent in 2019 and 2020, down from 6.3 percent in 2018,...