Washington, Nov. 25, 2025—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved two projects in India that will benefit more than 6 million people by using innovative digital solutions to improve ...

The Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF) is a landmark collaboration between the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, designed to deepen the two institutions’ collaboration on cofinanced public ...

The World Bank on Thursday projected that poverty in Nigeria will increase by 3.6 percentage points over the next five years, rising through 2027. This was contained in the Bank’s Africa’s Pulse ...

In this episode of the People First Podcast, we explore the LEADS program, an innovative World Bank initiative reshaping project design and implementation. Listen to insights from Arianna Legovini, ...

June 25 (UPI) --The World Bank on Wednesday announced a $1.3 billion investment in projects in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. The costliest of the three projects will happen in Iraq, as the World Bank's ...

Ukraine and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development have signed a $246.5 million loan agreement. The funds will be drawn from a fund supported by the government of Japan, according ...

Between 2020 and 2023, Türkiye’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) faced severe shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the catastrophic February 2023 earthquakes. World Bank-supported ...

Tshibola Victorine in Kananga, Democratic Republic of Congo. Women and girls in fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS) face challenges that limit their wellbeing and undermine their agency.

The World Bank has promised improved investment in girls’ education in Kaduna and other states of Nigeria under the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project. This was ...

With one year delay, the International Finance Corporation has submitted its response to an investigation of human rights violations at a rubber project in Liberia to the World Bank’s board. While the ...

The World Bank yesterday gave a positive verdict on Nigeria’s economic growth trajectory, highlighting three years of unbroken progress. In its Global Economic Prospects for June, the bank predicted ...