The World Bank SHIFT (Securing Human Investments to Foster Transformation) program sought to improve the rights and conditions of home-based workers (HBWs) and other vulnerable women working in ...

Annual number of work permits granted to Syrians surged from 45,000 in 2019 to 90,000 in 2023, with a cumulative total of 340,000 work permits issued. E-wallets and basic bank accounts for Jordanians ...

In Yemen, nearly 800,000 people (of whom approximately 50 percent were women and girls) benefited from new or improved electricity service. Over 117,000 households gained electricity access via grid ...

Since February 2022, working with development partners, the World Bank has mobilized $38 billion in financial commitments and pledges for Ukraine, of which over $29 billion had been disbursed as of ...

Since 2000, the Government of Honduras with consistent World Bank (WB) technical and financial support has been implementing systematic reforms to strengthen Disaster Risk Management (DRM) and climate ...

The West Balkans Drina River Basin Management facilitated integrated basin planning and management between Serbia, Montenegro, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, benefitting over one million people through ...

The World Bank supported 64 countries in building cyber resilience between 2014 and 2024. Between 2015 and 2018, the World Bank helped establish Bhutan’s national Computer Security Incident Response ...

More than 200,000 people—about 40 percent of whom are women– benefited from transformation along the Zambezi Valley and Nacala Corridor. Farmers’ connection to markets was enhanced with 200 kilometers ...

The World Bank Pacific Islands Regional Oceanscape Program (PROP) supported Kiribati, Marshall Islands, and Tonga to improve sustainable ocean-based livelihoods. Through RMI PROP, 212 persons received ...

Children in Kaboud District do homework by the light of a pico system installed by YEEAP. Photo credits: YEEAP - UNOPS. Between 2018 and 2022, the World Bank’s Yemen Emergency Electricity Access ...

Smallholder farmers enjoy improved access to subsidized fertilizer and seeds through the nationwide scale-up of the electronic distribution system supported by IDA’s COVID-19 Crisis-Response ...

In Mozambique, frontline health workers are the community’s first point of contact with the National Health System. They provide primary healthcare and teach communities about nutrition and disease ...