The World Bank's annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) Report has been a guide for countries, ...

More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial accounts, leading to a rise in formal saving, according to the World Bank Group’s Global Findex 2025 report.

Digitalization is a transformative force that can drive productivity-led growth and enhance the efficiency of critical ...

The project started in 2021 to contain the COVID-19 pandemic upgraded the country’s lab capabilities and significantly helped ...

Inequality and Shared Prosperity More broad-based economic growth is essential to accelerate progress in boosting shared prosperity.

The Joint MDB Water Security Financing Report 2024 marks a milestone in collective action by ten Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) to strengthen global water security. Building on commitments made ...

The Mexico Energy Efficiency in Public Facilities (PRESEMEH) project, which was approved in 2016 and closed in 2023, promoted the efficient use of energy in Mexican municipalities and hospitals ...

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 ...

The Integrity Vice Presidency (INT) investigates and pursues sanctions related to fraud and corruption in World Bank Group-financed projects.

The World Bank in Latin America and the Caribbean The region has made slow but steady progress in overcoming the imbalances created by the pandemic, including rising inflation pressures, global ...

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 ...

Drawing on the development experience and advances in economic analysis since the 1950s, World Development Report 2024 identifies what developing economies can do to avoid the “middle-income trap.” ...