WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017—The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $50 million grant from the IDA* Crisis Response Window (CRW) to provide unconditional direct food assistance to counter...
Date: May 4, 2017
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, May 2, 2017 - Across the vast, flat plains of southeastern Ethiopia, you can see plumes of dust whirling around like mini tornados. Local people say they signal the onset of rain but,...
Date: May 2, 2017
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
As the world prepares to mark World Food Day on October 16, we sat down with Juergen Voegele, Senior Director for the Agriculture Global Practice, to find out how the World Bank is fighting hunger. There...
Date: October 12, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Close to 800 million people around the world—or 78 percent of the world’s poor people—live in rural areas and rely on farming, livestock, aquaculture and other agricultural work to put food on their plates...
Date: November 12, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
One in nine people suffer from chronic hunger, more than 1 billion people are undernourished, and 3.1 million children die every year due to hunger and malnutrition. Hunger affects poor people the most—both...
Date: October 16, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, July 15, 2014—A few years ago, Dijé Issa, a 30-year old woman living in Chagnassou, a village in Niger’s Illela locality, was faced with impossible odds as she tried to take care of her four...
Date: July 15, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
MALAWI, March 31, 2014—“When my daughter and son-in-law passed away and my four grandchildren became my responsibility I didn’t know what to do,” says Mrs. Gilaselia Denesi. “I was already poor and had...
Date: March 31, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
WASHINGTON, March 13, 2014 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$44 million in additional financing to help South Sudan boost health services, fight hunger and assist people...
Date: March 13, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, February 27, 2014 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved emergency financing to Madagascar to help the country provide food security for 13 million people who are coping...
Date: February 27, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Nairobi, October 09, 2013—The eastern coast of Somalia is arguably one of the most challenging places in the world: coastal villages are inaccessible by road, so few services and facilities reach poor...
Date: October 9, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
VIENTIANE, April 5, 2013--- For many children in Oudomxay, a province in northwest Laos, going to school means a long, two-hour walk through hilly terrain. Some carry packed lunch. However, many of these...
Date: April 5, 2013
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
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