New World Bank Group Report Highlights Health Financing Challenges for the Future WorkforceWashington, D.C., November 19, 2025—Despite efforts by many developing countries to sustain health spending under fiscal pressure, investments remain insufficient to fund essential health services—critical for saving lives, creating jobs, and driving growth—accord...
Share moreFrom left to right: Jorge Familiar, Vice President & Treasurer, World Bank, and Pablo Saavedra, World Bank Vice President for the Prosperity vertical at the report’s launch event in Washington, DC.World Bank GroupWashington, DC, November 13, 2025 – A new World Bank report offers the most comprehensive view yet of global reserve managem...
FREETOWN, November 6, 2025 - Sierra Leone’s economy is showing signs of stability in the face of heightened global challenges, with growth projected at 4.3 percent in 2025 and reaching 4.6 percent by 2027, according to the latest World Bank Sierra Leone Economic Update (SLEU) launched today in Freetown. This outlook is supported by expected...
WASHINGTON, November 4, 2025 – Today the World Bank approved the Technical Assistance to the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) project, also known as RETRADE SAPP, to support increasing and expanding the regional electricity market in the SAPP.The project will help crowd in private capital for transmission and deepen participation and liqu...
New report links poor land and water management to accelerating freshwater loss.WASHINGTON, Nov. 4, 2025— The world is losing 324 billion cubic meters of freshwater every year, enough to meet the needs of 280 million people annually, according to the first edition of the Global Water Monitoring Report released today by the World Bank. These loss...
Unlocking employment opportunities through regional investments that strengthen health security and promote inclusive job creationWASHINGTON, October 29, 2025 - The World Bank Board of Directors has approved the expansion to Central Africa of a transformative regional initiative that is helping to bolster health emergency preparedness and response acr...
Inflationary Pressures Ease, But Geopolitical Tensions Cloud OutlookWASHINGTON, October 29, 2025—Global commodity prices are projected to fall to their lowest level in six years in 2026, marking the fourth consecutive year of decline, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Commodity Markets Outlook. Prices are forecast to drop by 7% in both 2025...
On October 16, 2025, the World Bank Group, the Government of Japan, and the World Health Organization officially launched the Health Works Leaders Coalition. This global alliance brings together health and finance ministers, philanthropic organizations, business leaders, leaders of global health agencies, and civil society representatives with th...
Abuja, Nigeria, October 8, 2025 - Nigeria has taken important steps toward stabilizing its economy through recent policy reforms, but more needs to be done to ensure these gains translate into better living standards for its citizens, according to the latest Nigeria Development Update (NDU) released by the World Bank today.Titled “From...
WASHINGTON, October 7, 2025 — East Asia and Pacific region continues to outperform most of the rest of the world, but creating more jobs and sustaining growth will require ambitious reforms as the region navigates global uncertainties.The World Bank’s October 2025 East Asia and Pacific Economic Update projects regional growth of 4.8 p...
