Omar Arias is currently the Deputy Chief Economist in the World Bank East Asia and Pacific region. Previously, he was the Manager and Lead Economist for Global Knowledge and Innovation for Education, ...

The World Development Report 2018 (WDR 2018)—LEARNING to Realize Education’s Promise—is the first ever devoted entirely to education. And the timing is excellent: education has long been critical to ...

Ineffective policies can persist, while potentially effective policies are often not adopted. The World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law explores why some policies fail to achieve ...

The Malaysia Economic Monitor series provides an analytical perspective on the country's policy challenges as it grows into a high-income and developed economy.

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The Mission 300 Progress Portal tracks progress toward the goal of connecting 300 million people in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. As part of this goal, the World Bank Group has committed to connect 250 ...

The Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) program is a partnership between Japan and the World Bank to link developing and middle-income countries with Japanese knowledge, expertise and technology.

The Western and Central Africa Region of the World Bank is looking for dedicated professionals with a passion for international development to join our innovative and diverse staff. We are opening 20 ...

Valerie Hickey is the Director for Environment at the World Bank Group. Prior to that she was the Global Director for Climate Change and the Global Director for Environment (ENV) at the World Bank.

(01/06/26) The energy price index slipped 1.3% in December, led by a 9.0% drop in Europe natural gas and a 4.4% fall in Australia coal prices, partly offset by a 12.1% surge in U.S. natural gas. The ...

The IBRD Articles of Agreement are also available in PDF format (213 KB) (As amended effective June 27, 2012) The Governments on whose behalf the present Agreement is signed agree as follows: ...

More than 45 percent of tourists to Nepal visit the country’s wealth of natural resources, including snow-capped mountains, abundant rivers, and sub-tropical forests. The country’s significant ...