The Public Sector Capacity Injection Project (CIP) is a joint approach to capacity building in Somalia. Administered by the World Bank through the Multi-Partner Fund (MPF), the project enables the government...
Date: June 14, 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
Before I moved to Serbia, I read a very interesting book about this part of the world called ‘The Tiger’s Wife’ that, more often than not, seems to come true in all its absurdity when one lives here. One...
Date: April 26, 2017
Type: Opinion
Language: English
New PASET Board of Directors welcomes Korea Development Institute (KDI) as a member and enters into agreement with Korea Institute of Science (KIST) KIGALI, RWANDA, November 28, 2016 – The Partnership...
Date: November 28, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
In March 2015, the World Bank reengaged with Guinea-Bissau after several years of political instability and a military coup in 2012. At a donor conference in Brussels that same year, the World Bank committed...
Date: October 20, 2016
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
Washington, June 27, 2016 – The World Bank’s Board of Governors authorized on June 24 the transfer of US$55 million to replenish the Trust Fund for Gaza and the West Bank. Since 1993, the World Bank has...
Date: June 27, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
US$30 million has been approved to improve efficiency in public investments management WASHINGTON, 23 June, 2016— The Board of the World Bank Group today approved a $30 million (approximately 17 billion...
Date: June 23, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
New Program to Strengthen Capacity of Institutions to Effectively Deliver Devolved Services WASHINGTON, March 15, 2016—The World Bank Board of Executive Directors today approved an International Development...
Date: March 15, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
SOFIA, February 24, 2015 – World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia, Cyril Muller, visited Bulgaria to introduce the new World Bank Director for Operations in the European Union, Arup...
Date: February 24, 2016
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ANKARA, October 8, 2015— If Turkey is to continue its trajectory of economic growth in a sustainable manner, energy efficiency will be of critical importance. The Government of Turkey has recognized this...
Date: October 8, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
SOFIA, September 15, 2015 – The World Bank will provide advisory services to the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance on the setting up of a new body that will be responsible for implementing financial instruments...
Date: September 15, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2015 —The overall quality of government policies and institutions designed to spur development and reduce poverty in African countries remained steady in 2014, with the greatest progress...
Date: August 5, 2015
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
JERUSALEM, June 25, 2015 – A $2 million grant to the Palestinian water sector will strengthen the capacity of the water authority and contribute to implement reform initiatives as outlined in the water...
Date: June 25, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
BUCHAREST, JUNE 15, 2015—The Ministry of Justice, the Legal, Discipline, and Immunity Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, and the World Bank discuss the challenges and opportunities related to Romania’s...
Date: June 15, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
US$200 Million Program is World Bank’s Biggest in Bolivia La Paz, February 24th, 2015 – The World Bank (WB) Board of Executive Directors approved US$200 million in financing today to strengthen Bolivia’s...
Date: February 24, 2015
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ISTANBUL, December 10, 2014—Steady growth over the past decades has brought Turkey to the threshold of becoming a high-income economy, prosperity has been broadly shared across income groups in the society,...
Date: December 10, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
Excellency PM Nguyen Tan DungMinister Bùi Quang VinhOther Government Ministers,Mr. Pierre Charles AMILHAT, Directorate General for Development and Cooperation - EuropeAidAmbassadors, Heads of Development...
Date: December 5, 2014
Type: Speeches and Transcripts
Language: English
BAMAKO, July 16, 2014 - Sprawled along on the banks of the Niger River, 650 kilometers upriver from Bamako, lies the city of Mopti. One of Mali’s largest secondary cities, Mopti has a growing...
Date: July 16, 2014
Type: Feature Story
Language: English
World Bank Group Supporting Telecommunications Sector Reforms WASHINGTON, D.C., February 6, 2014 –The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a $31.5 million credit from the International...
Date: February 6, 2014
Type: Press Release
Language: English
ADDIS ABABA, December 10, 2013 – The World Bank and the Government of Ethiopia today signed a US$50 million IDA credit, a US$40 million grant from the Government of Norway and a US$13 million from the...
Date: December 10, 2013
Type: Press Release
Language: English
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