WASHINGTON, April 4, 2020 - As part of its response to the COVID-19 emergency, on March 31, the Colombian government received a disbursement of US$250 million from a development policy loan, better...
Washington, April 2, 2020: A new US$5 million emergency operation was approved today by the World Bank to help the West Bank and Gaza address urgent health needs from the COVID-19 pandemic. The...
WASHINGTON DC, April 3, 2020 — The World Bank today approved a fast-track $100 million financing to help Bangladesh prevent, detect, and respond to the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic and strengthen...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS Using lessons from the Ebola outbreak in 2014, African countries prepare to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) In the aftermath of the West Africa Ebola crisis, the...
WASHINGTON, April 2, 2020— The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $100.4 million grant for the Afghanistan COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project...
NEW DELHI, April 3, 2020— The Government of India and the World Bank today signed a fast-track $1 billion India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project to help India...
1 INTRODUCTION Mozambique is one of the countries most exposed to coastal and river flooding in Africa. It is also among the countries most vulnerable to current and future climate risk. The World...
A revised and updated version of the Disaster Recovery Framework (DRF) guide that was originally issued in 2015 has been published in March 2020. The guide is intended as a practice-based,...
Para eliminar la pobreza extrema debe prestarse especial atención a los países frágiles y afectados por conflictos Hasta dos tercios de las personas que viven en la pobreza extrema en todo el mundo...
Concentrer l’action sur les pays fragiles et en conflit : un impératif pour mettre fin à l’extrême pauvreté À l’horizon 2030, jusqu'aux deux tiers des personnes les plus pauvres du monde vivront dans...