Since 2015, Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) has financed 54,843 subprojects, benefiting 17.5 million households nationwide.

A World Bank project strengthened the institutional capacity of Haiti’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development by accessing technologies to increase not only agricultural productivity and ...

A decade-long engagement between the Government of Cameroon and the World Bank has improved textbook availability and affordability for over 4 million children nationwide. Since 2014, a combination of ...

Gender equality is central to the World Bank’s mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. In Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE), where women and girls face unique disadvantages ...

Since 2021, three World Bank-supported projects in Ethiopia have helped expand digital access significantly, benefiting more than seven million Ethiopians to date and facilitating the transition to a ...

In the past five years, countries in Africa have experienced a considerable increase in public debt and risk, as the shocks from the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine have compounded ...

Digitalization is a transformative force that can drive productivity-led growth and enhance the efficiency of critical services such as healthcare, education, financial inclusion, agriculture, social ...

In 2017, Uzbekistan launched a major reform agenda for societal and economic transformation, breaking from its past as a largely state-led and isolated economy. A series of World Bank Development ...

A homestead in Kanzenze, Bugesera District, Rwanda accessing electricity through a tabletsized solar panel, placed on the roof; a member of the homestead charging his phone using solar power. Photo: ...

World Bank’s Climate Change Action Plan (CCAP) for 2021-2025 aims to integrate climate and development to maximize the climate impact of its projects. The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program’s ...

The RAS on Circular Economy Approaches in Solid Waste Management assisted Croatia in accelerating the achievement of EU waste targets by developing the first-ever sector-specific Circular Economy ...

Natural hazards, some fueled by a changing climate, have a devastating effect on children’s education and lives in every corner of the globe. Through its Global Program for Safer Schools (GPSS), the ...