More than 50 countries have committed to explicit targets to increase financial inclusion. And last month, World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim set targets toward universal financial access for all ...

Through this series of charts and graphs, we share select research from the World Bank Group that illustrates the severity of the pandemic as it enters its third year. We also reflect on the Bank’s ...

Washington, DC: The World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are deepening their cooperation through an enhanced framework to help countries scale up action to confront the ...

The World Bank Group is a family of five multilateral institutions focused on economic development whose overarching mission is global poverty reduction. Established by Western powers in 1944 ...