Washington, Nov. 25, 2025—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved two projects in India that will benefit more than 6 million people by using innovative digital solutions to improve ...

The Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF) is a landmark collaboration between the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank, designed to deepen the two institutions’ collaboration on cofinanced public ...

Discover how the World Bank is making innovation central to its strategy, leading to more successful development projects and ...

June 25 (UPI) --The World Bank on Wednesday announced a $1.3 billion investment in projects in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria. The costliest of the three projects will happen in Iraq, as the World Bank's ...

The World Bank on Thursday projected that poverty in Nigeria will increase by 3.6 percentage points over the next five years, rising through 2027. This was contained in the Bank’s Africa’s Pulse ...

By combining social protection with housing finance reforms, the project aims to expand access to housing credit, catalyze ...

The World Bank has long sought to help reduce inequalities between women and men in the transport sector. Since 2017, the institution has further intensified its efforts to help address the challenges ...

In this episode of the People First Podcast, we explore the LEADS program, an innovative World Bank initiative reshaping project design and implementation. Listen to insights from Arianna Legovini, ...

Ukraine and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development have signed a $246.5 million loan agreement. The funds will be drawn from a fund supported by the government of Japan, according ...

The World Bank has promised improved investment in girls’ education in Kaduna and other states of Nigeria under the Adolescent Girls’ Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project. This was ...

Between 2020 and 2023, Türkiye’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) faced severe shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the catastrophic February 2023 earthquakes. World Bank-supported ...

Senior figures at the World Bank have said it should consider changing its lending policy to include nuclear energy projects. (Image: World Bank) Ahead of the organisation's recent Spring meetings, ...