COLOMBO, November 27, 2020—The World Bank’s new Country Director for Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, Faris Hadad-Zervos, completed his first visit to Sri Lanka today. The purpose of this visit was to...
This short document helps you understand the importance of risk data for informing and driving the comprehensive urban resilience agenda in which the Bangladeshi government has embarked. The agenda...
WASHINGTON, November 25, 2020 — The World Bank approved today the US$7.5 million Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response Project to support the country in tackling the current pandemic and strengthening...
Kenya Economic Update: COVID-19 Erodes Progress in Poverty Reduction in Kenya, Increases Number of Poor Citizens STORY HIGHLIGHTS The new Kenya Economic Update finds that COVID-19 has damaged...
The Palestinian economy has been in a very difficult situation in 2020 facing triple crises reinforcing each other: i) a resurgent COVID-19 outbreak, ii) a severe economic slowdown, and iii) a...
WASHINGTON DC, November 24, 2020 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$500 million credit and US$14.1 of non-reimbursable resources from the Global Concessional Financing...
URBAN MIGRATION INCREASES VULNERABILITY AND RISK The world is urbanizing rapidly with 55 percent of the world’s population currently living in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase...
Story Highlights: Poor Afghan women have set up up micro businesses to earn an income and support themselves and their families. Micro-loans from a neighborhood savings and loan association helped...
KEY MESSAGE Projected temperature increases in Vietnam are similar to the global average, ranging between 1.0°C and 3.4°C by 2080–2099 when compared with the 1986–2005 baseline. The range in possible...
COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to spread globally and has reached Cambodia. Cambodia has taken early and decisive measures to prevent the inflow and spread of COVID-19. Consequently, there have...