WASHINGTON, July 10, 2017—A new World Bank report estimates that as of early 2017, the conflict in Syria has damaged or destroyed about a third of the housing stock and about half of medical and education...
Date: July 10, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Poverty reduction in Tajikistan has been significant over the past couple of decades. From 2000 to 2015, poverty fell from over 83% to about 31%, while economic growth averaged at 7.7%. Despite this important...
Date: June 21, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, May 31, 2017 – The World Bank will support India in developing an innovative biopharmaceutical and medical devices industry, which is globally competitive and addresses the country’s major...
Date: May 31, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
SHARISTAN DISTRICT, Daykundi Province – A father sits on a wooden chair and caresses his child, who is lying on a bed with his hand in a bandage. In a corner, a doctor checks the case papers of an elderly...
Date: May 22, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, DC, May 9, 2017 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved a US$600 million loan to China today to help improve the quality and efficiency of healthcare services in Anhui and Fujian...
Date: May 9, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In a little room on the Hatton tea plantation in Sri Lanka, fifty or so young people, most of them under 25, had a smartphone and shared a common purpose. They wanted to use WhatsApp, Viber, Facebook and...
Date: May 1, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
When Karuppiah Sellathurai bought his first cow, it only gave him a few liters of milk every day. But then he “multiplied” his cattle when his cow had a calf. Several years down the line, he has four animals...
Date: May 1, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KHULM DISTRICT, Balkh Province – Winter announces itself with a soft snowfall. The sidewalks are empty but some people walk across the yard of a hospital. Inside the hospital, one can hear whispers of...
Date: April 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Tereza Sahradyan is a fifth-year student at Yerevan State Medical University who wants to major in surgery. She takes every opportunity to gain hands-on experience before becoming a professional practicing...
Date: April 18, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
KABUL PROVINCE – A full-color image of the human body is beamed on the screen. Heavy drapes block sunlight and all that shines in the classroom are the tips of ballpoint pens as the young women furiously...
Date: April 10, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NEW DELHI, March 23, 2017 – The Government of India, the Government of Uttarakhand and the World Bank today signed a credit agreement for the US$100 million Uttarakhand Health Systems Development...
Date: March 23, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
131,000 people in the poorest communities will have access to potable water, education, health, and to social safety nets WASHINGTON, 21 March, 2017— The World Bank today approved a $29 million grant to...
Date: March 21, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
NILI DISTRICT, Daykundi Province – Malika, 40, sits on the chair beside the doctor, describing a problem she’s been having with her lungs. Her breaths are labored and she speaks slowly. It is early morning...
Date: February 23, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
ChallengeWell-designed safety nets can improve child health and nutrition outcomes, while contributing to poverty reduction goals. In spite of spending over 16 percent of its budget (or 2.5 percent of...
Date: February 19, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NASARAWA STATE FEBRUARY 16, 2017 – Despite significant health sector investments in recent years, Nigeria has made slow progress in improving its health indices. According to the Nigerian National...
Date: February 16, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
POINTE-NOIRE, January 19, 2017—In the waiting room of the Saint-Joseph Integrated Health Care Center in Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of the Republic of Congo, ten mothers are sitting on a bench listening...
Date: January 19, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
NEW DELHI, January 13, 2017 – The Government of India, the Government of Nagaland and the World Bank today signed a US$ 48 million credit agreement to improve the quality of health care services in the...
Date: January 16, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
VIENTIANE, November 14, 2016 — On her visit to Lao PDR, World Bank Regional Vice President for East Asia and Pacific Victoria Kwakwa reaffirmed the World Bank’s strong support for programs and policies...
Date: November 14, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Enjil District, Herat Province – The baby cries aloud as the nurse administers two vaccines to protect him from the deadly polio virus and tetanus. The nurse tells the baby’s mother, Zahra, not to touch...
Date: November 1, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
HERAT CITY, Herat Province – A little girl rests on her hospital bed with several tubes attached to her body, one of which is connected to a dialysis machine next to the bed. On the other side of the room,...
Date: October 26, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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