Carbon pricing revenues exceeded $100 billion in 2024, according to a new World Bank report released today. Over half of this revenue generated for public budgets was earmarked for environment, ...

The World Bank’s annual State and Trends of Carbon Pricing report is aimed at providing an up-to-date overview of existing and emerging carbon pricing instruments around the world, including ...

Heightened trade tensions and policy uncertainty are expected to drive global growth down this year to its slowest pace since ...

Over 2.2 billion people lack safe drinking water, and 3.5 billion lack proper sanitation—key risks for child mortality and stunting. The World Bank helps countries improve water and sanitation ...

The digital world is developing at a phenomenal pace. From AI tools at our fingertips, to advancements in energy, consumer technology, and connectivity: change is here. Harnessing these changes can ...

Global health financing stands at a crossroads. Amid mounting fiscal constraints, fragmented aid, and widening inequities, a bold reset is urgently needed. At the 2025 World Bank Group Spring Meetings ...

The Lao economy is growing, driven by exports of services, electricity, mining, agriculture, and manufacturing, but inflation and labor shortages continue to threaten stability, according to a new ...

The World Bank has developed an AI-powered model that analyzes over 90 variables to forecast refugee arrivals 4 to 6 months in advance, enabling governments to shift from reactive to anticipatory ...

The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved a $250 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA)* as the first phase of a $1 billion Inga 3 Development Program.

In rural communities across Bangladesh, dedicated champions like Rita Majumder are quietly driving change. A mother and ...

A candid discussion with Ingo Baum and Susana Gomes of the German development bank, KfW, and Xavier Chavana of the World Bank, on how co-financing works in practice — what it takes to deliver complex, ...

After benefiting from 288 million liters of drinking water, Bamako is expanding access to drinking water services on its left ...