To develop the platform, the team collated national-level risk profiles for 43 countries across the Latin America and Caribbean region and for each profile, assessed over 100 key disaster risk metrics ...

Gender Data at Glance in Latin America and the Caribbean . Foundational Well-being . STEM Education: In most Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) countries, the proportion of women with tertiary ...

The world’s most desperate countries are falling further and further behind, their plight worsened by conflicts that are growing deadlier and more frequent. That is the sobering conclusion of ...

Soaring inflation saddled developing countries with a record $1.4 trillion in debt servicing costs last year, the World Bank said in a report published on Tuesday, detailing the precarious state ...

The World Bank (and the IMF) should get credit for increasing their lending to the world's poorest countries during the pandemic. But without additional action, net flows to developing economies ...

THE PHILIPPINES is still classified as a lower middle-income country after just missing the threshold to achieve upper middle ...

Half of the world's 75 poorest countries are experiencing a widening income gap with the wealthiest economies for the first time this century in a historical reversal of development, the World ...

The World Bank’s fiddles, which at first glance appear modest, could in time make hospitals, roads and schools unaffordable for countries such as Niger. That is a high price to pay, even if it ...

Pakistan, July 1 -- The World Bank (WB) has appointed Ms. Bolormaa Amgaabazar the new World Bank Country Director for Pakistan effective from July 1.

World Bank urged to reduce equity-to-loan ratio to free up funds for poor countries. By Andrea Shalal. April 23, 2025 12:26 AM UTC ... "The World Bank can and should make this decision as soon as ...

The World Bank Group has appointed Mr. Firas Raad as the new Country Manager for South Sudan effective August 1, 2021. Mr. Raad will be leading an expanding country program focused on delivering ...

He also said that the bank makes money and shouldn’t be seen as charity from U.S. taxpayers. “The World Bank is profitable,” he said, noting that it more than covers its own administrative ...