Drug-resistant infections occur when pathogens change in ways that render antimicrobial drugs ineffective. As a result, the pathogens survive and continue to spread. When infections are treatable with ...

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This summary is based on the G20 Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion (GPFI) Issues Paper produced by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and disseminated for the 2nd GPFI ...

Thirty African Heads of State and governments today committed to concrete reforms and actions to expand access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable electricity to power economic growth, improve ...

From the bustling medical center of Batchenga to the ambitious hydropower project of Nachtigal, Cameroon is joining the ...

The Japan Social Development Fund (JSDF) is a Partnership between the Government of Japan (GoJ) and the World Bank conceived in the wake of the Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. It was ...

安価で安定した持続可能なエネルギーへのアクセスは、アフリカにおける電力の供給と経済の変革、さらには人々の開発への願望を達成するために不可欠です。それは、居住可能な地球で貧困のない世界を実現するという世界銀行の使命の根幹にあります。

African heads of state, business leaders, and development partners will converge tomorrow in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for the ...

Ethiopia has made significant progress in energy access in recent years; however, despite a 94% electrification rate in urban ...

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 ...

Over half of the world's population now lives in cities, a figure expected to rise to nearly 70% by 2050, posing significant challenges for housing, infrastructure, and climate resilience. The World ...

The United States was a leading force in the establishment of the World Bank in 1944 and remains the largest shareholder of the World Bank today. As the only World Bank shareholder that retains veto ...