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 ...

The World Bank–funded Can Tho Urban Development and Resilience Project strengthens urban resilience and livability in Can Tho City, southern Viet Nam’s largest Mekong Delta hub, by upgrading ...

For over two decades, the Port Reform Toolkit has been one of the most comprehensive guides for implementing port reforms. Along the way, the Toolkit has evolved in response to changing sectoral ...

Zambia's economy showed resilience in 2024, expanding by 4% despite challenges such as drought and power outages, largely due to growth in the mining sector and services. The agriculture sector faced ...

he World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$15 million grant to help the Republic of the Marshall Islands improve the ways in which public funds are managed and build local ...

The Government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan has received financing from the World Bank towards the cost of the Karachi Mobility Project – Yellow Line BRT.

A video recording of opening remarks and the plenary panel on Day 3 of The Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2025 "Development in the Age of Populism." This session discusses "Poverty, ...

Scaling Water Reuse: A Tipping Point for Municipal and Industrial Use, makes the case for investing in the treatment and reuse of alternative water sources to create fit-for-purpose supply for ...

The government of Sri Lanka understood, when AHEAD was prepared, that for the country to advance to a higher level of economic development as a middle income country and generate good jobs and shared ...

WASHINGTON, August 7, 2025 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved the First Competitive and Inclusive Tajikistan Development Policy Operation (DPO) to support the country’s ...

Maritime transport is the backbone of global trade, as more than 80 percent of goods are transported by sea. Developing countries depend on shipping, accounting for around 55 percent of seaborne ...

Guyana is the third smallest country in South America. Between 2005 and 2013, the economy grew by 4.7 percent per year on average, ending a disappointing decade of alternating years of growth and ...