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DATABASEGlobal Findex 2025
The Global Findex Database is the world's only demand-side survey on financial inclusion and a leading source of data on how adults around the world access and use financial services. Since its launch in 2011, the Global Findex has provided critical insights into financial inclusion, digital payments, savings, and borrowing behaviors across various economies. The database highlights key trends such as the rise of digital financial services and the gender gap in account ownership.
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EventAnnual Bank Conference on Development Economics 2025—Development in the Age of Populism
The 2025 Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) on "Development in the Age of Populism" will be held on July 22-25, 2025 in Washington, DC. The World Bank Group’s Annual Conference on Development Economics—ABCDE—is a 36-year-old forum to stimulate an exchange of ideas between leaders in global policy discussions and researchers, policymakers, and development practitioners from the Bank’s member countries.
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ReportGlobal Economic Prospects, June 2025
The global economy is facing substantial headwinds, emanating largely from an increase in trade tensions and heightened global policy uncertainty. For emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs), the weak outlook limits their ability to boost job creation and reduce extreme poverty. This challenging context is compounded by subdued foreign direct investment into EMDEs.
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ReportFragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Intertwined Crises, Multiple Vulnerabilities
Nearly 40 percent of the population of FCS economies lives in extreme poverty. By 2030, these economies are projected to account for nearly 60 percent of the world’s extreme poor, up from 50 percent in 2024. They also bear a growing burden of hunger: around 200 million people—nearly one in five—now face acute food insecurity.
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ReportForeign Direct Investment in Retreat: Policies to Turn the Tide
Foreign direct investment (FDI)—an important source of external financing for emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs)—has weakened since the global financial crisis, heightening the challenges of filling vast infrastructure gaps, reducing poverty, creating new jobs, and addressing climate change. This study provides a broad perspective on the evolution of FDI inflows to EMDEs since 2000, including patterns across regions and changes in sectoral composition.
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Institute for Economic Development
The World Bank Group’s Institute for Economic Development is a hub for global collaboration, gathering insights from both established and new perspectives across think tanks, academia, and research institutions worldwide. By channeling new ideas, knowledge, and innovative policy solutions, the Institute works with partners to address today’s toughest development challenges.
