The Government of India has requested World Bank assistance to develop Amaravati as a new economic hub and state capital for Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati’s development offers an opportunity for ...

WASHINGTON, December 20, 2024 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors yesterday approved the $800 million* Amaravati Integrated Urban Development Program aimed at establishing the city as a ...

WASHINGTON DC, December 19, 2024 — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved three operations totaling $1.16 billion to help Bangladesh improve health services, boost water and ...

WASHINGTON, December 18, 2024—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved a Development Policy Operation (DPO) for Ukraine to strengthen the economic policy framework for sustainable growth ...

WASHINGTON, December 19, 2024 — The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved US$250 million for the Morocco Transforming Agri-food Systems Program, aimed at increasing the Moroccan agri-food ...

FEATURING: Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist of the World Bank Group and Director of the Prospects Group / Emi Mahmoud, Poet, activist and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Ayhan Kose: It's a good time to ...

Washington, D.C., December 19, 2024 — The Pandemic Fund’s Governing Board approved a grant envelope of $500 million for its third round of funding to help low- and middle-income countries scale up ...

BRUSSELS, Dec. 19, 2024—Clean technology exports from Central and Eastern Europe have the potential to at least triple, strengthening the EU economy and its global competitiveness, according to the ...

BRUSSELS, Dec. 19, 2024—The World Bank’s latest series of reports on the Turkish Cypriot economy, released today, reveal a decline in living standards between 2014 and 2021 and lay out a pathway for ...

This World Bank report analyzes Uzbekistan's services sector, highlighting the challenges and opportunities for its development and recommends reforms to modernize the sector, boost productivity, ...

Serbia is exposed to several climate-related hazards, including floods, landslides, droughts, heat waves, wildfires and earthquakes, which affect its water and energy security, agriculture, rural and ...

BELGRADE, December 17, 2024-- Serbia can maintain its economic growth and create new jobs if it invests in climate change resilience and decarbonization, according to the World Bank Group’s Country ...