Social Dimensions of Climate Change As natural disasters continue to worsen and increase, millions of poor people face severe challenges in terms of job losses, health effects, food insecurity, water ...

Latest news and information from the World Bank and its development work on Climate Change. Access facts, statistics, project information, development research from experts and latest news about ...

Why are carefully designed, sensible policies too often not adopted or implemented? When they are, why do they often fail to generate development outcomes such as security, growth, and equity? And why ...

Amazon Sustainable Landscapes Program 10 years connecting people and institutions to connect landscapes ...

OUR ORGANIZATION The comparative advantage of the World Bank comes from its powerful combination of country depth and global breadth, public and private sector instruments and relations, multisector ...

The Explore History describes the history of World Bank Group and provides access to a number of informative sites and resources, such as the Past Presidents Profiles, World Bank Group Historical ...

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Africa’s Pulse is a biannual publication containing an analysis of the near-term macroeconomic outlook for the region. Each issue also includes a section focusing upon a topic that represents a ...

Programs and InternshipsWestern and Central Africa Region of the World Bank Recruitment Drive The Western and Central Africa Region of the World Bank is looking for dedicated professionals with a ...

World Development Report 2022: FINANCE for an Equitable RecoveryToday’s unprecedented growth of data and their ubiquity in our lives are signs that the data revolution is transforming the world. And ...

Financial sector is the set of institutions, instruments, markets, as well as the legal and regulatory framework that permit transactions to be made by extending credit. Fundamentally, financial ...

About 1.2 billion people are at high risk from climate-related hazards, but much can be done to make people, business, communities, and countries more resilient. The new World Bank flagship report ...