The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated global digital transformation but widened the digital gap between high-income and low-income countries, with only one in four people in low-income countries...
The World Bank Board of Directors approved US$ 200 million in additional financing for the Social Protection Systems project in Ecuador. The new resources will support...
The Malaysian economy is projected to expand by 5.8 percent in 2022, as domestic and external demand recovers, according to the latest edition of the World...
COVID-related school closures risk pushing an additional 72 million primary school aged children into learning poverty—meaning that they are unable to read and understand a simple text...
International migration to fall in 2020 for the first time in recent decades. As the COVID-19 pandemic and economic crisis continues to spread, the amount of...
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD, Aaa/AAA) issued a USD-denominated global benchmark bond that raised USD 4 billion from investors in the...
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, rated Aaa/AAA) priced a new 5-year Australian dollar (AUD) 600 million fixed-rate global bond. This bond opens...
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, IBRD) announced that the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has approved the World Bank’s inaugural issue in...
The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development or “IBRD”, rating Aaa/AAA1) is pleased to announce the issuance of two new Sustainable Development Bonds denominated...
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$95 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to support Rwanda’s urbanization strategy through targeted infrastructure development...