Presenting the latest data and policy recommendations, UN and international experts have called on governments and stakeholders to urgently prioritize action for universal access to electricity and ...

Rwanda tops 40 Sub-Saharan African countries in policy and institutional quality Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Cape Verde, and Kenya follow with strong performance Infrastructure, public services, and ...

Growth in the 15 member states that make up the Economic Community of West African States, or ECOWAS, is likely to inch down ...

The report adopts a life-cycle approach to analyze how gender-related barriers impact Batswana from early childhood to ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -The global destruction of wetlands, which support fisheries, agriculture and flood control, may mean the ...

A significant iteration of that Agenda is the vision of Nigeria becoming a $1trn economy by 2030. This is a very noble vision ...

The BJP pointed to a fall in the Gini Index — from 28.8 in 2011–12 to 25.5 in 2022–23 — as a sign of declining income inequality.

Precious metals analysts at the World Bank project an upward skew for gold's price over the next 18 months, according to a Kitco report.

The World Bank has announced Mr. Hideki Matsunaga as the Country Manager for Somalia. He will oversee the design and implementation of the Somalia portfolio totaling $2.63 billion.

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and ...

The World Bank has approved $500 million in financing to help Bangladesh strengthen transparency, accountability, and stability in its public institutions and financial sector. The Strengthening ...

The World Bank is reconsidering its ban on financing upstream projects amid a push to bolster the power sector. The World Bank's board lifted its ban on nuclear power financing on Tuesday and is ...