WASHINGTON DC, July 10, 2017 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$50 million from the International Development Association for the Strengthening Critical Infrastructure Against...
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
As we mark World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought tomorrow, notable strides have been achieved in building resilience to these issues globally. From Africa to Asia, concerted effort has led to...
Date: June 16, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Millions to benefit from efforts to mitigate the impact of flooding and earthquakes WASHINGTON, 15 June, 2017— A new project in Myanmar aims to strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to disaster...
Date: June 15, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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
DAR ES SALAAM, June 1, 2017—A fast urbanizing Africa is rapidly degrading the environmental assets of its cities. Protecting those assets can increase the productivity and livability of these cities, improve...
Date: June 1, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In drought-prone regions like the Sahel, a dry, sun-drenched part of Northern Africa that runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, the lack of water is a harsh and inescapable reality for millions....
Date: May 30, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BRAZZAVILLE, May 17, 2017 - There was a time when fear was the most common feeling among the residents of Ngaliema, when a rumbling sky would portend torrential rain. These downpours would erode the land...
Date: May 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
BRAZZAVILLE, May 3, 2017 – “While the World Bank is certainly best known as a donor institution, it is also a knowledge-sharing institution, and I am inclined to believe that we should be known more as...
Date: May 3, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 27, 2017 – A new partnership between Lao PDR and the World Bank Group focuses on opportunities for all, sustained green growth, and improved access to human and infrastructure services. ...
Date: April 27, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Over 20 years ago, Fatma and her husband Peter left their home in rural Tanzania for Dar es Salaam, the country’s most populous city. To stay close to jobs and save money, Fatma and Peter have settled...
Date: April 19, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
“There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather,” said John Ruskin, an English writer and an optimist. In actuality, there is bad weather, which is responsible for more...
Date: April 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Collaboration on catastrophe risk insurance for cyclones, earthquakes and tsunamis SUVA, FIJI, March 31, 2017 — Pacific Island countries will have better access to catastrophe insurance to reduce financial...
Date: March 31, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
What do the energy, health, transport, and agricultural sectors have in common? It pays to keep a weather eye on them – literally. Today, on World Meteorological Day, it’s clear that better weather and...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Today we celebrate World Water Day around the world. In Marseille, young people are coming together to promote innovative projects by entrepreneurs for recycling water in households, agriculture,...
Date: March 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, February 14, 2017 - The World Bank Group’s Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) and African Reinsurance Corporation (Africa Re) have entered into an agreement to carry out a risk-sharing...
Date: February 14, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ANKARA, January 30, 2017 – The World Bank, together with the Ministry of National Education of Turkey, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, the European Union, and KfW, has launched the "School...
Date: January 30, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Soaring global temperatures and runaway urbanization are among the key factors making natural disasters more intense, more frequent, and more devastating by the day. The costs are enormous. Every year,...
Date: January 17, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
At first sight, Yokohama and Toyama cities in Japan might not have much in common. Yet, they both represent models of sustainable urbanization for the 21st century. Yokohama is the second largest city...
Date: January 12, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
EDOH-WOWUIKOKPE, December 20, 2016 – In the heart of the Afagnan district, in southern Togo, is the village of Edoh-Wowuikopé, whose population is estimated at 450 inhabitants, almost all of which...
Date: December 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
World Bank approves $20 million for social assistance programs WASHINGTON, December 6, 2016 – Lesotho’s drought response efforts got a boost today following the approval of $20 million in additional...
Date: December 6, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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