The World Bank Group convened the second annual Global Digital Summit today, bringing together public and private sector ...

The Government of Tanzania’s rural electrification campaign is boosting mining profitability, creating jobs, and improving ...

The theme for this year's summit, “Digital Pathways for All,” sets the stage for an exciting gathering of partners, clients, and private-sector leaders. Together, we’ll explore cutting-edge digital ...

The World Bank Group's Environment Strategy 2012-2022 lays out an ambitious agenda to support "green, clean, resilient" paths for developing countries, as they pursue poverty reduction and development ...

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Interested to learn about the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF)? The World Bank offers an online course entitled “ESF Fundamentals” aimed at environmental and social practitioners who are ...

The Investment Climate team provides evidence-based support to help countries foster an “investment-grade” business environment, maximize the benefits of private investment, and secure a share in ...

1 in 10 people in the world live under $1.90 a day, and half of the extreme poor live in Sub-Saharan Africa Global extreme poverty continues to fall rapidly. In 2013, the year for which the most ...

While important gains in reducing global poverty have been made steadily since 1998, the pace of this reduction had slowed considerably in recent years. It was becoming increasingly unrealistic to ...

World Bank Group employees (including interns) must have or obtain an appropriate visa and/or work authorization before undertaking any assignment for the Bank Group in the United States. In ...

In order to maintain the ability to recruit and retain qualified staff, the Bank Group reviews the salary structure annually and, when necessary, adjusts the salary structure based upon measurement of ...

Since 2018, the Listening to the Citizens of Uzbekistan Survey (L2CU) has been implemented with the support of the UK Government. It measures various indicators of the well-being of respondents ...