The world is confronting a set of intertwined challenges—poverty, the climate crisis, debt, food insecurity, pandemics, and fragility—and a need to accelerate access to clean air, energy, and water.

Parul Agarwal is an Economist at the World Bank's Development Data Group on the Debt Data Team. Her professional focus is on debt statistics, data analysis, and data quality and accessibility.

The World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), in collaboration with the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), is organizing a Technical Deep Dive (TDD) on Urban Flood ...

世界銀行東京開発ラーニングセンター（TDLC）は、と東京防災（DRM）ハブは、防災グローバル・ファシリティ（GFDRR）の専門家とともに、2025年3月3日～7日 に「都市の洪水管理」に関する都市 ...

Today, Asian Development Bank President Masatsugu Asakawa and World Bank Group President Ajay Banga signed a groundbreaking new co-financing partnership. The Full Mutual Reliance Framework (FMRF), the ...

Since 2023, the Burkina Faso Hydromet Project has supported the installation of 9,700 farmer rain gauges to help rural communities better manage their crop years. With a total $33 million budget, the ...

Established in 1951, the World Bank's Debtor Reporting System (DRS) was created to collect accurate and timely data on external debt at the loan level, in order to evaluate a borrowing country's ...

Reliable, usable, high-quality statistics are vital for global prosperity and progress. The Statistical Performance Indicators (SPI) provide an open-source framework for assessing the performance of ...

The Eswatini Public Finance Review (PFR): Leveraging Fiscal Adjustment for Better Development Outcomes reflects the centrality of fiscal policy to Eswatini's development and its importance for ...

The next 25 years could prove decisive in determining whether the world’s 26 poorest countries progress to middle-income status. Home to more than 40 percent of people struggling on less than $2.15 a ...

The assessment includes contributions from the African Development Bank. WRI also launches Green-Gray Infrastructure Accelerator, supporting 11 African cities in building climate resilience. NAIROBI, ...

WASHINGTON, February 18, 2025 - The World Bank today approved $170 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Chad improve connectivity, logistics, and value chains with ...