Do you know that in Liberia, half of the population lives within 2.5 kilometers of a forest and is depending on them?
Blog4Dev winner Arthur Weedor says poverty increases child marriage, but education and training for girls can stop it.
Using lessons from the fight against Ebola, the World Bank is helping countries mitigate the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
In early education, this project aims to improve access, teacher quality and primary education in disadvantaged counties.
The latest economic analysis for the region predicts predicts economic activity will decline by 3.3 percent in 2020, confirming the region’s first recession in 25 years.
Africa’s poorest countries saw little to no progress on average in improving the quality of their policy and institutional frameworks in 2018.
With IDA’s help, hundreds of millions of people have escaped poverty—through the creation of jobs, access to clean water, schools, roads, nutrition, electricity, and more.
Watch, listen and click through the latest videos, podcasts and slideshows highlighting the World Bank’s work in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Doing Business report provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement. See where your country ranks.
