The late afternoon breeze brings the village of Sai Pyun out— children race each other on bikes, weaving through neighbors fetching water in metal jugs on their heads or yellow plastic tanks carried on...
Date: June 29, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2017 – Today, the World Bank approved $26.5 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit to increase electricity access in targeted rural areas of Zambia. The Electricity...
Date: June 27, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
NEW DELHI, June 22, 2017 – The Government of India, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, and the World Bank today signed a $240 million loan agreement to support the Government of Andhra Pradesh...
Date: June 22, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
New Delhi, May 27, 2017 – The World Bank will support the Government of Andhra Pradesh (AP) provide reliable, quality, and affordable 24x7 power to its citizens. The $240 million Andhra Pradesh 24x7...
Date: May 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2017—The World Bank today approved $59 million in financing to help Bangladesh meet the increasing demand for electricity by improving the reliability and efficiency of the entire...
Date: April 26, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
If one day you make your way through Uzbekistan’s Qarshi Steppe on the way to the city of Samarkand, you may come across an extraordinary statue of a man pushing a huge stone block. According to legend,...
Date: April 18, 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
MAPUTO, March 1, 2017─Families of the little village of Damo in the Moamba District, some 90 kilometers away from the capital of Mozambique, remember the times when firewood and kerosene lamps were the...
Date: March 1, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ANTANANARIVO, January 19, 2017 – The World Bank Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop, confirmed today the Bank’s commitment to support Madagascar with $1.3 billion over the next three years, as pledged...
Date: January 19, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, November 23, 2016 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$150 million in financing for the Modernization and Upgrade of Transmission Substations Project in Uzbekistan....
Date: November 23, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
At the Oil & Fat Factory in Kattakurgan, Kamoliddin Khaitov smiles and expresses delight with the new boilers that were commissioned in 2014. As Head of the Boilers’ Facility at the factory, Kamoliddin...
Date: November 10, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2016 – A new World Bank study outlines how Sub-Saharan Africa’s struggling power utilities can be financially viable and at the same time make electricity access affordable for...
Date: October 27, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In many ways Gandhi was an early environmentalist. He believed in a self-sustaining rural life, walked long distances to the sea to make salt, and spun his own cotton yarn. Had he been alive today,...
Date: October 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
There are about 1.34 million diesel-powered irrigation pumps across Bangladesh, mostly for farms beyond the reach of conventional power grids. Most years, they spend about $900 million on diesel to fuel...
Date: October 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
For the millions of people living in remote rural areas of Ethiopia who lack access to the power grid or cannot afford electricity, solar energy represents an important first step on the energy access...
Date: August 15, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
John Akwa is a metal fabricator in the remote town of Entasopia, 50 kilometers from the nearest power line in Kenya’s desolate Rift Valley. Iron welding, a precision task often requiring high amounts of...
Date: July 7, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
To be implemented in six north eastern states of Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura WASHINGTON, June 24, 2016 – The World Bank Board today approved a US$ 470 million loan...
Date: June 24, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Frequently Asked Questions 1. What is the objective of the CASA-1000 project? The CASA-1000 project is the first step towards creating the Central Asia-South Asia Regional...
Date: May 10, 2016
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
NEW DELHI, March 31, 2016 – The Government of India, the Government of Rajasthan and the World Bank today signed a US$ 250 million development policy loan (DPL) to support the government of Rajasthan...
Date: March 31, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
The road to Zantiebougou, nearly 200 kilometers south of Mali’s capital Bamako, is unpaved, difficult to navigate, and the only way in and out of the small village. The commute gets trickier at night when...
Date: March 8, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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