The Global Financial Development Database is an extensive dataset of financial system characteristics for 214 economies. It contains annual data, starting from 1960. It has been last updated in ...

Latin America and the Caribbean is close to winning the battle on inflation and turning the corner on the macroeconomic dislocations wrought by the pandemic. Monetary authorities in the region have ...

Fatoumata Sow and her baby at the Damakanian Community Health Center, Guinea. Accessible reproductive and child health services through the Health Services and Capacity Strengthening Project (PRSCS) ...

Discover how people are at the center of climate change risks, but also at the core of adaptation and mitigation solutions.

Economic inclusion programs—which provide cash transfers, skills training, business capital, coaching, and market access—reach only 10% of the approximately 700 million people living in extreme ...

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Multilateral development banks (MDBs) today issued a joint statement at COP29 in Baku outlining financial support and other measures for countries to achieve ambitious climate outcomes.

As the world's largest multilateral financier of urban development, the World Bank works with national and local governments to build more livable, sustainable, and inclusive cities and communities.

Climate change is an increasingly potent driver of migration across regions and countries. Climate change impacts will hit the poorest and most vulnerable regions the hardest and threaten to reverse ...

The Western and Central Africa Region of the World Bank is looking for dedicated professionals with a passion for international development to join our innovative and diverse staff. We are opening 20 ...

In recent years, there has been an intensifying focus on the increasing sums of total remittances around the world: the euros, pesos, dollars, won, and more being sent home by millions around the ...