Childcare services are critical to empowering women, reducing poverty, and promoting equitable development in West Africa.

WASHINGTON, April 30, 2025 - The World Bank Board of Directors today approved two International Development Association (IDA) financings totaling $180.7 million to help Benin improve land tenure ...

Washington, May 2, 2025 – The World Bank's Executive Board today approved an innovative program aimed at enhancing environmental sustainability, competitiveness, and economic participation of small ...

The World Bank has appointed Ndiamé Diop as the new Vice President for Eastern and Southern Africa, effective today. In line with the World Bank's efforts to be closer to clients and enhance service ...

On April 23, 2025, TDLC visited Kakogawa City and held a meeting with Mayor Yasuhiro Okada. Home to approximately 250,000 residents, Kakogawa is named after the Kakogawa River, which flows through the ...

WASHINGTON, May 1, 2025—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today discussed a new Country Partnership Framework for Bhutan covering FY25-29 and approved $300 million in financing to help ...

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 ...

Over the past 30 years, Mongolia has transformed into a vibrant democracy, with treble the level of GDP per capita and increasing school enrollments, and dramatic declines in maternal mortality and ...

Turkey’s demographic and economic transformation has been one of the world’s most dramatic, with urban growth and economic growth proceeding hand in hand. Distinguishing Turkey from many other ...

South Asia’s growth prospects have weakened amid increasing uncertainty in the global economy. Regional growth is projected to slow to 5.8 percent in 2025—0.4 percentage points below October ...

IDS provides comprehensive annual external debt stocks and flows data. Explore IDS data through the data tables below or for more data and information you can visit: ...