Promoting good governance and tackling corruption are critical to achieving sustainable development and poverty reduction. Diversion of funds from development projects through corruption impairs the ...

The World Bank Legal Vice Presidency offers highly-motivated law students an opportunity to be exposed to the mission and work of the World Bank and that of the Legal Vice Presidency. The World Bank ...

This video highlights the World Bank Group's commitment to the energy sector in Cameroon over the past ten years. It also showcases the completion of the Nachtigal hydroelectric dam, a project that ...

Zambia is a large, landlocked, resource-rich country with sparsely populated land in the center of Southern Africa. It shares its border with eight countries (Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of ...

Mozambique borders Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Eswatini. Its long Indian Ocean coastline of 2,700 kilometers faces east to Madagascar. About two-thirds of its estimated 33 ...

Standards play a simultaneously central and unsung role in our modern world. From the first attempts to unify weights and measures in ancient empires to today's complex web of international protocols ...

What’s changing in global trade and trade policy? How do these shifts affect development and welfare? And how should developing economies respond? These are the core questions driving the Development ...

Outdoor air pollution poses health and economic challenges across all regions in the world. Ninety nine percent of people worldwide are exposed to unhealthy levels of pollution, with some of the most ...

Demographic shifts and fiscal constraints are placing increasing pressure on the financing of social services. These challenges are compounded by fragmented financing mechanisms at the local level, ...

In this World Development Report 2025 seminar series, Stefan Ambec (INRAE Research Professor, Toulouse School of Economics) discusses "Environmental Standards: A Key Policy Instrument for Fostering ...

Also known as instant or real-time payments, fast payments offer the instant transmission of a payment message and the immediate availability of funds to the beneficiary 24/7/365. In order to ...