The video showcases actions undertaken to address impacts on the climate, the places where we operate, the people we employ, and finances we manage – all in support of the World Bank Group's twin...
Mental ill health is a major problem for employers and employees alike, costing organizations billions of dollars every year and impacting negatively the lives of millions of people in the workplace...
Developing countries are headed for a year of disappointing growth, as first quarter weakness in 2014 delays an expected pick-up in economic activity, according to the World Bank's Global Economic...
"The Bank Group is more likely to be effective when the external context is favorable, the Bank Group’s internal capacities are strong, when initiatives have clear objectives and are put into effect...
The World Bank's Open Data site provides all users with access to World Bank data and makes that data easy to find and use. Take a look at how an editor who works at China's largest web portal uses...
The World Bank Group is preparing a renewed gender strategy, which is expected to be finalized and discussed by the Board of Executive Directors later this year. The strategy is being developed to...
It is widely believed, that organizations need to continually learn and adapt in order to grow and prosperدr face extinction. With the sustainable development goals looming large, the World Bank has...
Almost 1.1 billion people in the world still have no access to electricity. This video shares key messages and findings from IEG's evaluation of the World Bank Group support to Electricity Access....
Early development plays a major role in a child's school performance, health, and socialization and future earnings. This video showcases key messages from the IEG's evaluation on World Bank's...
This note is the first report of energy-sector results indicators reflecting the World Bank's broad lending patterns during FY2000-13. To compile it, energy projects back to FY2000 were manually...
This video shares key messages and practical examples from IEG's evaluation of Learning and Results in World Bank Operations: Toward a New Learning Strategy. It discusses how organizations learn and...
On August 4, 2016, the World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved the Environmental and Social Framework (ESF) to help protect people and the environment in the investment projects it...
How does the World Bank partner using Trust Funds and Umbrella 2.0 Programs?
The complexity and urgency of the world’s challenges require meaningful collaboration among members of the development...
This infographic showcases key findings and messages from the IEG's evaluation of World Bank's support to electricity access. It demonstrates the global scale of the electricity access, challenges of...
What’s in store for Europe and Central Asia? Well, World Bank Group Chief Economist for the region, Hans Timmer, has some solid ideas now that the group has launched its economic forecast for the...
After a keynote speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, President Jim Yong Kim was asked how the World Bank Group motivates countries to create development projects that work. His answer is pure...
"Human Capital Project is a global effort to accelerate more and better investments in people for greater equity and economic growth."
Why should countries invest in human capital? Can early...
Development policies need re-hauled to reflect how people's minds really work, a new World Bank study argues. This could help form and realize development goals, including that of breaking poverty...
Even with 800 million people going to bed hungry every night, countries can end hunger by 2030 if they create systems that raise agricultural productivity in rural areas, improve nutritional outcomes...