The World Bank Group convened the second annual Global Digital Summit today, bringing together public and private sector ...

The Government of Tanzania’s rural electrification campaign is boosting mining profitability, creating jobs, and improving ...

Financial sector is the set of institutions, instruments, markets, as well as the legal and regulatory framework that permit transactions to be made by extending credit. Fundamentally, financial ...

Digital platforms aim to tackle the challenges faced by farmers in West Africa by providing them with access to real-time ...

The theme for this year's summit, “Digital Pathways for All,” sets the stage for an exciting gathering of partners, clients, and private-sector leaders. Together, we’ll explore cutting-edge digital ...

Ineffective policies can persist, while potentially effective policies are often not adopted. The World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law explores why some policies fail to achieve ...

The Stallings classroom observation system, also known as the Stallings classroom snapshot, is a questionnaire and protocol for timed observations that produce quantitative data about interactions of ...

Jobs are the most reliable pathway out of poverty. Sustained and inclusive economic growth, driven by a productive private sector, creates more and better jobs and leads to increases in living ...

The World Bank’s principle institutions—the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA)—work in ever-closer coordination with the ...

The coverage of PPP surveys for the ICP 2011 round conducted in the Middle East and North Africa countries may have been affected by the Arab Spring and related civil unrest in the region. As a result ...

The World Bank has supported the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action since 2018, and jointly with the IMF hosts the Coalition Secretariat providing administrative, logistical, and ...