WASHINGTON, December 13, 2019 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today $50 million of additional financing for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Southeast Asia Disaster Risk...
MAPUTO, December 13, 2019 – To Samuel Ernesto, the vast sedimentary plain of Mozambique’s Nhamatanda district is like the face of an old friend. Ernesto, 49, knows the plain well after 22 years of...
Tahseen Sayed, World Bank Director for the Caribbean OECS Press Room Tuesday, December 10, 2019 — With its natural beauty, blue seas, and white sands, the Caribbean has long been a prized...
Vietnam: Ethnic Minority Children are Disproportionately Undernourished HANOI, December 10, 2019 — Undernutrition is particularly widespread among ethnic minority children in Vietnam, with stunting...
The World Bank supports a comprehensive approach to managing natural disasters Washington D.C., December 11, 2019 – The World Bank today approved a US$275 million Disaster Risk Management Development...
The World Bank provides $250 million to Ethiopia, Zambia, and the African Union to combat epidemics and advance critical public health priorities WASHINGTON, December 10, 2019 — The Board of the...
WASHINGTON, December 10, 2019 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $145 million project to improve irrigation services and flood management in the Damodar Valley Command...
US$3.5 million to support measles emergency response, with further $9.3m program to address key health system challenges SYDNEY, December 9, 2019 --- The World Bank will provide US$3.5 million in...
SOFIA, December 6, 2019 − The World Bank will provide advisory services to support the Government of Bulgaria -through the Ministry of Interior - to increase efficiency of the national disaster risk...
How the Spitak Earthquake helped spur development of disaster risk management in Armenia On December 7, 1988, a fault line ruptured without warning just south of the Caucasus Mountains. The resulting...