Investments to improve livestock productivity and quality and boost market access helped reduce rural poverty and household food insecurity on a sustainable basis in Mongolia. The project supported...
Lebanon is in a Deliberate Depression with Unprecedented Consequences for its Human Capital, Stability, and Prosperity A new World Bank report analyses the root causes of Lebanon’s ongoing social...
WASHINGTON, 19 novembre 2020 – Le Conseil des administrateurs de la Banque mondiale a approuvé ce jeudi un financement additionnel d’un montant de 7,75 millions de dollars pour le projet Territoires...
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...