A new World Bank report shows how partners are joining forces to deliver impact at greater speed and scale, reducing fragmentation and strengthening country ownership. In a world facing compounding ...

The infographic contains a table listing country names and poverty rates. Zimbabwe is ranked first with a score of 84.2 percent, followed by Indonesia at 60.3 percent, and El Salvador at 25.1 percent.

Morocco continues to face significant financial hardship related to health care despite efforts to expand coverage, according to the 2025 Global Health Monitoring Report released by the World Health ...

President William Ruto's centralised fertiliser subsidy programme claimed 200,000 jobs, as revealed in a new report The World Bank pointed out that the National Fertiliser Subsidy Programme (NFSP-2) ...

The World Bank recently released a comprehensive review of Pakistan’s poverty and welfare trends since the early 2000s. The assessment has raised concerns about Pakistan’s economy, saying that the ...

Last week, the World Bank and International Labour Organisation (ILO) issued assessment reports on the massive damage caused by Cyclone Ditwah in Sri Lanka, driving the country deeper into economic ...

The World Bank will centralise some functions across its public and private-sector arms from 1 January 2026, according to an internal email seen by The Africa Report.

NAIROBI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The World Bank lifted Kenya's economic growth forecast for this year to almost 5% on Monday, citing a pick up in the construction sector in East Africa's largest economy.