Twenty million people across Africa and the Middle East are currently facing famine from a prolonged drought. Some affected countries, including Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen, have more in common than...
Date: June 6, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BANGUI, May 17, 2017 – Kristalina Georgieva, World Bank Chief Executive Officer, arrives in the Central African Republic tomorrow for a two-day visit to see the impact of Bank programs and follow up on...
Date: May 17, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BANGUI, May 16, 2017 – The World Bank today approved a $28 million grant for the Central African Republic to help communities affected by forced displacement. The grant was provided by the International...
Date: May 16, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ABUJA, March 20, 2017—The World Bank’s Board today approved a $200 million credit to support the Government of Nigeria’s response to the acute humanitarian and forced-displacement crisis triggered...
Date: March 20, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
N'DJAMENA, March 17, 2017−Some 8,000 people are desperately trying to rebuild their lives in the Dar es Salaam refugee camp located along the banks of Lake Chad in the town of Baga Sola. Dispersed...
Date: March 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
N'DJAMENA, October 31, 2016 – In Gondjé, a large refugee camp lost in the forest not far from Goré, Daniel Debah has made a name for himself as the president of Seed Producers, an association certified...
Date: October 31, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Good morning. As we have heard from his Excellency the President and other distinguished guests, Afghanistan has made impressive gains over recent years. Access to education and other...
Date: October 5, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
World Bank President Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson to convene panel including heads of government, ministers, and senior humanitarian and development officials on...
Date: September 20, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2016 —The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a US$50 million emergency project to support Yemeni households and communities hard hit by the ongoing crisis. The...
Date: July 19, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
A week-long knowledge exchange program recently organized in Korea by the World Bank proved that Korea’s classic community-driven development (CDD) program Saemaul Undong has much to offer to...
Date: June 23, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
While the world has its eyes fixed on the heartbreaking refugee crisis resulting from conflict in the Middle East, a number of African countries struggle to cope with the challenges of hosting long-term...
Date: June 8, 2016
Type: Opinion
Language: English
A fact that hasn't been grabbing international headlines lately: Africa is home to about 18 million forcibly displaced people, more than one-fourth of the total worldwide. The majority of forced displacement...
Date: May 31, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2016—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved $175 million in financing to help mitigate the impact of forced displacement on refugee-hosting communities in the Horn...
Date: May 31, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Once security is fully established, Libya will face the double challenges shared by the rest of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)—namely the need for more inclusive jobs and stable institutions to...
Date: May 3, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MR. DONNELLY: Welcome to the opening press conference of the 2016 World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings. My name is John Donnelly. I’m the communications advisor...
Date: April 14, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
The World Bank Group has developed a bold new strategy to tackle both the devastating consequences of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) and their underlying causes. Rather than waiting...
Date: March 24, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
SJ: Historically, what has been the WBG approach to addressing problems of conflict, refugees, IDPs and migration? NH: First of all, conflict-induced forced displacement and migration are different. Conflict...
Date: January 6, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Pattani, Thailand, December 21, 2015 –Hasan Yamadibu knows first-hand how violence can change someone’s trajectory in life. He grew up in a conflict area, his father a casualty of the first insurgencies...
Date: December 21, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, December 14, 2015 — As the number of refugees and internally displaced persons fleeing conflict, violence and persecution reaches historic highs, the World Bank’s Global Program on Forced Displacement...
Date: December 14, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Technology and art are universal and complementary. Yet, most people do not often think about how they intersect and can be used to enhance one another. What are the possibilities when you combine the...
Date: November 25, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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