The World Bank Group announced on Tuesday a package of financial measures that will boost lending capacity and make loans ...

The world’s 26 poorest economies, home to about 40 percent of all people who live on less than $2.15 a day, are deeper in ...

October 16, Yerevan – Less than half of working age women in Armenia participate in the labor force mainly due to caregiving responsibilities for children and disabled family members. Those who do ...

In 2021, ten Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) signed a Joint Statement on Nature, People, and Planet, recognizing that tackling global poverty, climate change, and the drivers of nature loss are ...

It could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – people who live on less than $6.85 per day, according to the World Bank’s new Poverty, Prosperity, ...

Growth in South Asia is expected to increase to 6.4 percent this year, exceeding earlier projections and keeping the region on track to be the fastest growing in the world. Unlocking untapped ...

Despite signs of a fragile economic recovery, Sub-Saharan Africa, remains stuck in “low gear” with a large youth population at risk of being left behind. According to the latest edition of Africa ...

Malaysia’s economy is expected to grow by 4.9 percent in 2024, up from 3.6 percent in 2023, following a stronger-than-anticipated performance in 1H 2024. This revised forecast is 0.6 percentage points ...

Economic growth in the developing economies of Europe and Central Asia is stabilizing after a series of crises but at levels well below the early-2000s.

The World Bank is launching Education Business Plan 2030 for Eastern and Southern Africa, to prepare over 200 million children and youth to transform Africa's future. The goal is for all children and ...