About The World Bank The World Bank Group has a bold vision: to create a world free of poverty on a livable planet. In more than 100 countries, the World Bank Group provides financing, advice, and ...

The world’s largest development bank, IBRD provides financial products and policy advice to help countries reduce poverty and extend the benefits of sustainable growth to all of their people. The ...

The Government of Nigeria avoided a fiscal cliff by implementing bold reforms, including ending the gasoline (premium motor spirit, PMS) subsidy, and shifting to a unified, market-reflective foreign ...

The World Bank has approved a $200 million concessional credit to support Uzbekistan in modernizing its irrigation and drainage infrastructure and improving the quality of irrigation service delivery.

A new World Bank financed project is helping set Eswatini on the path to universal energy access by 2030. The Accelerating Sustainable and Clean Energy Access Transformation (ASCENT) project for ...

This brief examines how power system resilience should be assessed and strengthened at the distribution network level, where electricity service reaches end users. The note argues that as countries ...

Communities in the Republic of the Marshall Islands will be better protected from climate and disaster risks through new World Bank support to strengthen urban resilience, safeguard livelihoods, and ...

The World Bank Group, in partnership with multilateral development banks, development finance institutions and key partners, today launched Water Forward, a global platform to help improve water ...

The World Bank is taking bold action to decisively bend the methane emission curve, announcing its intent to launch at least 15 country-led programs in the next 18 months.

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In response to a widespread and worsening water crisis, countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) are taking strong steps to ensure a water-secure future for their citizens. In the process, ...

One of the key outcomes of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow was the approval of Article 6 – the Paris Agreement’s rulebook governing carbon markets. How might Article 6 make a difference in the ...