The World Bank Group, under the sponsorship of the Middle East and North Africa Vice Presidency and in collaboration with the Human Resources Vice Presidency, is launching a MNA Fellows Program which ...

Promoting good governance and tackling corruption are critical to achieving sustainable development and poverty reduction. Diversion of funds from development projects through corruption impairs the ...

Gender gaps in entrepreneurship are linked to lower levels of inputs in women-led enterprises, which are shaped by gender norms, legal distortions, and market failures. Removing barriers to female ...

The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency offers highly-motivated law students an opportunity to be exposed to the mission and work of the World Bank and that of the Legal Vice Presidency. The World Bank ...

Municipalities in low- and middle-income countries (L&MICs) face substantial financing needs for urban infrastructure, estimated at 2 to 4 percent of their combined GDP annually. However, current ...

Discover how World Bank support is creating jobs, reducing poverty, and driving inclusive growth across East Asia and Pacific ...

In 2023-2024, nearly 60,000 Cameroonian students in the last grade of primary education obtained their birth certificates, allowing them to continue their education. The cost of issuing these birth ...

Algeria is diversifying its economy, tripling non-hydrocarbon exports since 2017 to $5.1 billion in 2023, thus reducing its reliance on oil and gas. Strategic reforms, including the Algerian Port ...

Washington, April 18, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today $120 million for Developing a Sustainable Finance Market for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the ...

Every two minutes, a woman’s life is claimed by cervical cancer—a largely preventable disease—yet, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine could save up to 560,000 lives every year. Cervical cancer is ...

Washington, D.C., April 17, 2025 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the Caribbean Resilient Renewable Energy Infrastructure Investment Facility for Grenada, Saint Lucia, ...

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025—The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $100 million project to improve access to resilient infrastructure and strengthen the role of tourism in ...