Jan Walliser, the World Bank’s Vice President of Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, visited Sri Lanka in early May and met with senior government officials, key private sector representatives,...
Date: June 13, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Many visitors to Jordan only ever see the Dead Sea shore or the hectic capital of Amman. However, the desert landscape known as the Badia, which comprises about 80% of the country, has diverse, fragile...
Date: March 21, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
When nature is well managed, many sectors of the economy thrive – agriculture benefits from good soil and plentiful water; fisheries are rewarded with valuable catches; coastal cities are better protected...
Date: December 7, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Seaweed fishing has long provided a decent livelihood on Zanzibar, an archipelago of islands off Tanzania. During lower tides, seaweed farmers wear traditional Swahili dress as they harvest, half-submerged...
Date: September 15, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MAROVOAY, July 20, 2015 — If you look out from an airplane window, Madagascar seems to bleed into the ocean. The island state off the east coast of Africa was described as the “great red island” by Marco...
Date: July 20, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
New opportunities for Pacific collaboration discussed Suva, Fiji, February 23, 2015 – Prime Minister Hon. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama and World Bank Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Axel...
Date: February 23, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Distinguished hosts and guests, ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to be addressing such an eminent gathering of protected area professionals, conservation experts and decision makers. Thank you for...
Date: November 13, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
Would you spend your vacation in a place with roads in poor condition, no cellphone signal or internet for the chance to enjoy verdant mountains, clean air, crystalline waters, a pleasant climate and simple...
Date: October 25, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Abraham Path, or Masar Ibrahim in Arabic, is a cross-cultural, long-distance tourism route running along the path once walked by Abraham/Ibrahim, the father of Islam, Christianity and Judaism. More than...
Date: June 19, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
You have clicked on a link to a page that is not part of the beta version of the new worldbank.org. Before you leave, we’d love to get your feedback on your experience while you were here. Will you take two minutes to complete a brief survey that will help us to improve our website?
Feedback Survey
Thank you for agreeing to provide feedback on the new version of worldbank.org; your response will help us to improve our website.
Thank you for participating in this survey! Your feedback is very helpful to us as we work to improve the site functionality on worldbank.org.
