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

Poverty is multidimensional. An individual or household experiencing poverty can suffer multiple disadvantages at the same time. Beyond the inability to afford basic needs, poverty can also mean ...

Since 1990, 27 countries across the globe have reached high-income status, with 10 from Europe having joined the European Union. Another 20 countries from Europe and Central Asia have found their ...

KYIV, Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2025—Three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA4) released today by the Government of Ukraine, the World Bank Group ...

Angella Montfaucon is the World Bank’s Senior Country Economist for Albania in the Economic Policies Global Department, Europe and Central Asia Region (ECA). She leads macroeconomic monitoring and ...

In December 2024, Cyclone Chido hit Comoros and destroyed homes and crops on the islands of Anjouan and Mohéli, leaving many without food and shelter and endangering livelihoods. As a member of the ...

The PADISAM project team inspects a dam still undergoing rehabilitation in southern Mauritania. Photo credit: Fred Kizito / World Bank, February 2024. The PADISAM project aims to rehabilitate ...

Since 2000, 39 low-income countries have graduated to middle-income status. But the 26 low-income countries today face more daunting prospects for economic growth. Under current trends, only six are ...

In 1980, Adolf Ratzka, a German disability rights activist, grew frustrated with how decisions about disabled people’s lives were made without their input. It is said that this was when he coined the ...

Hanoi, March 12, 2025—Viet Nam’s real GDP is projected to grow 6.8 percent in 2025 and 6.5 percent in 2026, according to the World Bank’s latest economic update report for Viet Nam –Taking Stock, ...

Women make up nearly half of Egypt's population, and their untapped potential in the workforce is considerable. World Bank analysis conducted in 2024 reveals that closing the gender employment gap ...

Join us to learn about how France’s regulatory authority for electronic communications, Arcep, is collecting environmental data across the ICT sector to inform decision making and how Arcep’s approach ...