Childcare services are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting equitable development in West Africa.

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved on May 1st a EUR 79.90 million loan and a EUR 2.89 million grant to support Bosnia and Herzegovina’s National Energy and ...

WASHINGTON DC, May 2, 2025 – The World Bank today approved an additional financing for Argentina to improve job placement and access to quality jobs for the unemployed through the expansion of ...

Washington, May 2, 2025 – The World Bank's Executive Board today approved an innovative program aimed at enhancing environmental sustainability, competitiveness, and economic participation of small ...

The World Bank has appointed Ndiamé Diop as the new Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, effective today. In line with the World Bank's efforts to be closer to clients and enhance service ...

Eastern and Southern Africa are at a pivotal moment to transform their food systems into engines of economic growth, and development. With a rapidly growing population, urbanization, and shifting ...

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2025 - The World Bank Board of Directors today approved two International Development Association (IDA) financings totaling $180.7 million to help Benin improve land tenure ...

On April 23, 2025, TDLC visited Kakogawa City and held a meeting with Mayor Yasuhiro Okada. Home to approximately 250,000 residents, Kakogawa is named after the Kakogawa River, which flows through the ...

In Morocco, despite significant progress, maternal and infant mortality rates remain high, especially in rural areas. In 2022, Morocco launched a Community Health Model to help improve maternal and ...

MBABANE, April 30, 2025—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a Development Policy Loan (DPL) operation to support the Kingdom of Eswatini’s efforts to strengthen fiscal governance, ...

Digital technologies are rapidly changing the world, but what happens when half the population is left out? In the Dominican Republic, women and girls are underrepresented in key areas like technology ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 29, 2025 – The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) today priced two Sustainable Development Bonds, raising a total of USD 9 ...