Ethiopia has made significant progress in energy access in recent years; however, despite a 94% electrification rate in urban ...

The six countries of South East Europe (SEE6)—Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Kosovo, FYR Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia—must operate within a complicated global environment. Political, ...

The Amazon is the MOST BIODIVERSE PLACE ON EARTH, hosting 10% of the world´s known species.

The Country Economic Memorandum (CEM) is a comprehensive overview of Nepal’s past economic performance, current challenges and prospects ahead. The latest CEM 'Climbing Higher: Toward a Middle Income ...

The World Bank Group is a key development partner in South Asia, with a portfolio of 215 IDA/IBRD projects and total net commitments of $38.7 billion as of November 2012. The Bank’s strategy for South ...

October 29, 2024 — Global commodity prices are set to tumble to a five-year low in 2025 amid an oil glut that is so large that it is likely to limit the price effects even of a wider conflict in the ...

Globally, women control fewer economic resources than men, including land, financial assets, and employment, leading to differences in their development outcomes. Poor quality gender data translates ...

Romania aims to accelerate structural reforms and strengthen institutions supporting converge with the EU. Economic growth has been one of the highest in the EU since 2010, but has decelerated in 2023 ...

An economic analysis of the 2019 forest and land fires and haze (Page 7) Commodity prices continued declining in Q3 (Page 15) State Budget 2020 – Government sets optimistic growth targets for revenue ...

The Digital Citizen Engagement (CE) Catalog is a comprehensive resource designed to support World Bank staff, governments officials, and civil society organizations (CSOs) in leveraging digital tools ...

In every country, some groups confront barriers that prevent them from fully participating in political, economic, and social life. These groups may be excluded not only through legal systems, land, ...

Affordable financial products and services—such as transactions, payments, savings, credit and insurance—help people manage risks, build wealth and invest in businesses. Financial inclusion means that ...