Blog4Dev winner Ebuka Mathais Itumoh says cutting off child marriage will take community, sociocultural institutions and the law.
Recovering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will require collaboration from the government, private and public sectors.
Using lessons from the fight against Ebola, the World Bank is helping countries mitigate the impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus).
This project supports rehabilitation and improvement of service delivery infrastructure and livelihood opportunities, strengthening of social cohesion and providing response to crises.
Stronger oil prices in early 2017 mean signs of economic recovery but this will remain fragile until new policies are in place.
The latest economic analysis for the region predicts the pandemic could cost as much as $79 billion in output losses for 2020.
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.
