The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is expected to grow at 2.2% in 2024, yet the outlook remains subdued amid heightened uncertainty. In addition to examining the macroeconomic outlook of ...

The October 2024 edition of Africa’s Pulse reports a fragile economic recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa, with growth projected at 3% in 2024, up from 2.4% in 2023, driven by increased private consumption ...

The Government of Poland has pledged to increase its contribution to the World Bank’s IDA by 100% compared to its previous IDA contributions, demonstrating its continued dedication to international ...

Manuela V. Ferro was appointed World Bank Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific (EAP) in September 2021. Prior to this appointment, she was World Bank Vice President of Operations Policy ...

To meet citizens' demands, the GovTech and Public Sector Innovation Global Program–is helping governments deliver smarter, simpler, and more responsive services. In supporting this Program, SECO - the ...

As part of the World Bank’s overarching effort to promote private sector development, the Subnational B-READY assesses the business environment in select cities within measured economies to delineate ...

The Global Monitoring report analyzed the policies and institutions needed to make progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals. Published annually since 2006, it was discontinued in 2016.

A vast country with a long coastline and central plateau, Angola thrusts inland across Southern Africa to border Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its principal ...

Today, more than ever, we must turn our attention to pastoralism across the Sahel and West Africa. Stretching from Mauritania and Senegal on the Atlantic coast to the Nile Valley in Sudan, the Sahel ...

DAKAR, November 5 th, 2024 - A new World Bank Group report highlights the significant economic and social benefits of climate action in Senegal as it pursues its Vision 2050 development plan. The new ...

Climate action offers an opportunity to safeguard development gains and accompany the ambitious transformation Senegal is embarking on to achieve its objective of reaching middle income status in the ...

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