Mission 300 is now delivering electricity access at nearly double the pace recorded at the initiative's launch — proof that coordinated action can drive large-scale change CAPE TOWN, June 16, 2026 — ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15, 2026—The World Bank Group, through the International Finance Corporation (IFC), has closed its second securitization transaction under the Emerging Markets Securitization ...

Secure Access to Energy is Fundamental to Economic Growth and Job Creation Washington, D.C., June 23—Global gas flaring rose for the third consecutive year, surging to 167 billion cubic meters (bcm) ...

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The Global Wildlife Program (GWP), funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and led by the World Bank, is one of the largest global partnerships addressing wildlife poaching, trafficking, and ...

Nagaraja Rao Harshadeep (Harsh) is a Global Lead for Disruptive Technology in the Sustainable Development Practice Group. In over 24 years at the World Bank, he has led and supported several ...

More than 45 percent of tourists to Nepal visit the country’s wealth of natural resources, including snow-capped mountains, abundant rivers, and sub-tropical forests. The country’s significant ...

The economy is set to gain momentum in 2025, driven by stronger domestic demand and fiscal stimulus measures. Growth is projected to accelerate to 2.9 percent in 2025 up from 2.6 percent in 2024.

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the expected demand for the Middle Corridor, a multimodal rail and maritime corridor linking Chinese and European markets via Central Asia and the ...

To realize this potential, we are helping countries scale up essential nutrition services, integrate nutrition into health systems and across other sectors, and leverage financing through public and ...

The Cambodia Poverty Assessment 2022: Toward a More Inclusive and Resilient Cambodia shows the country has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty over the past decade, but that some recent gains ...