Somalia is progressing its policy reform agenda while leveraging the momentum created by the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. Despite multiple climatic shocks and a complicated ...

The coverage of PPP surveys for the ICP 2011 round conducted in the Middle East and North Africa countries may have been affected by the Arab Spring and related civil unrest in the region. As a result ...

The Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands northeast of Madagascar. The country has a total population of 121,355 people, three-quarters of whom live on the main island of Mahé.

A coastal country in West Africa, Guinea shares borders with six countries (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d’Ivoire) and had a population of 14.53 million in 2024.

This two-day conference will look at the progress made on SDG 10, which calls for reduced inequalities. The outcomes from this conference will be used as inputs in preparation for the UN High Level ...

This page details the updated Visa policy requirement in accordance with U.S. laws. World Bank Group employees (including interns) must have or obtain an appropriate visa and/or work authorization ...

A cyclone can destroy in seconds what took decades to build — that’s why Grenada is transforming its approach to disaster preparedness and response. In this video, Chevanne Britton-Telesford, Deputy ...

The 2025 Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) will take place from April 21 to 26, in Washington, D.C. Key events will include the Development ...

Sustainable economic growth continues to offer the surest path out of poverty. The World Bank supports investments in countries that underpin long-term growth and that help to meet the needs of their ...

Brazil is home to 203 million people with a real GDP per capita of US$9,032 in 2023. It is a large federal country comprised of the union (federal government), 26 states (plus the Federal District), ...

There are numerous definitions of financial stability. Most of them have in common that financial stability is about the absence of system-wide episodes in which the financial system fails to function ...