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 ...

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 ...

Launched by the World Bank’s Extractives team, Mining Forward is a new video series exploring the key challenges, opportunities, and shifts shaping the future of mining. Through candid expert ...

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, ...

The deep learning crisis, shrinking budgets, and rising debt burdens call for innovative thinking and a compelling case to attract swift public and private investments in education and skills.

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 ...

Ghana sits on the Atlantic Ocean and borders Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, and Burkina Faso. Its population is about 34.4 million (2024). In the past two decades, it has taken major strides towards democracy ...

Collecting taxes is the main way for countries to generate public revenues that make it possible to finance investments in human capital, infrastructure, and the provision of services for their people ...

Kifaye Didem Bayar is an Economist with the Debt Data Team at the World Bank’s Development Data Group. Specializing in fiscal data analysis with over 10 years of experience, she collaborates with ...

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 ...

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 ...