FundsChain, a blockchain-based platform, enables the World Bank to improve traceability, accountability, and streamline operations when tracking the use of funds.

From West Africa to South Asia, two bold initiatives show how with the right mix of strategy, investment, innovation and commitment, water can be a catalyst for lasting change.

With World Bank support, Türkiye invested in energy efficiency for facilities like schools and hospitals—cutting demand, ...

Growth in the developing economies of Europe and Central Asia is expected to slow from 3.7% in 2024 to 2.4% in 2025, driven primarily by a weaker pace of expansion in the Russian Federation. The ...

Most large countries continue to be on track to meet their inflation targets by 2026, but the last mile is proving difficult. Though inflationary expectations remain anchored, rising labor costs in ...

April 28, 2025 — Faltering economic growth is coinciding with ample oil supply in ways that are expected to drop global commodity prices to their lowest level of the 2020s, according to the World Bank ...

A Better Bank for a Better WorldThe International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA) are two of the five institutions of the World Bank ...

This page provides a collection of visualization, tools and resources to better understand and use the SPI data. For instance, you can: See how a country performs on the pillars and dimensions Track a ...

Located in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, Burundi is surrounded by Tanzania to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, Rwanda to the north and bordered by Lake Tanganyika to the ...

As the world tackles the COVID-19 crisis, our support focuses on helping countries address the crisis and transition to recovery through a combination of saving lives; protecting the poor; securing ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

Despite improvements in life expectancy and reductions in infant and maternal mortality, Haiti still faces many health challenges. Providing better health coverage for the poorest will require an ...