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Catalyzing Private Investments and Climate Finance to Reduce Emissions and Increase Resilience

The energy sector is the largest contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Learn More about what the World Bank is doing to accelerate the deployment of renewables and decarbonize the energy sector to significantly reduce emissions.

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Human Capital

Realizing a Brighter Future for a Young, Energized, and Connected Africa

Today, Africa is the only continent where 70% of its people are under the age of 30. By 2035, over 400 million young people will enter working age. Despite encouraging examples of progress made across the continent, Africa faces human capital constraints. Nearly 100 million children remain out of school and are not prepared to learn, lacking sufficient nutrition and stimulation. And too many students that are attending school are not learning.

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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples

Indigenous Youth on Cultural Identity and a Livable Planet

This year, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples recognizes the efforts of Indigenous Youth to support sustainable development, along with their pursuit of justice and preservation of their culture and traditions. The World Bank interviewed Indigenous Youth leaders from Africa, Asia, and Latin America to hear their stories and deepen our understanding of their strategies.

The World Bank’s draft gender strategy draws on 10 years of experience and evidence to propose innovations, financing, and co

Gender-based Violence

Ending gender-based violence

In 1993, the Declaration of the Elimination of Violence Against Women recognized that violence against women violates women’s rights and fundamental freedoms, and called on states to work towards its eradication. However, thirty years on, women continue to face the risk of violence at home, on the street, on transport, in schools and in the workplace.

The World Bank’s draft gender strategy draws on 10 years of experience and evidence to propose innovations, financing, and collective action to end gender-based violence. Learn more in this new blog by World Bank Global Directors for Gender and Social Sustainability and Inclusion Hana Brixi and Louise Cord.

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The World Bank has two goals: end extreme poverty and promote shared prosperity in a sustainable way.

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Food Security - NEW UPDATE (July 31)

Food security is defined when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

Food Security Update
Global Food & Nutrition Security Dashboard
New Preparedness Plans to More Effectively Respond to Future Food and Nutrition Security Crises
Food Security - NEW UPDATE (July 31)
Climate Change

Climate change, poverty, and inequality are the defining issues of our age. The World Bank is the biggest multilateral funder of climate investments in developing countries.

World Bank Climate Change Action Plan 2021–2025
Climate Action Stories
FEATURE: How Safer and More Resilient Schools Withstood the Earthquakes in Türkiye
Climate Change
World Bank Data

The Open Data site is designed to make World Bank data easy to find, download, and use. All of the data found here can be used free of charge with minimal restrictions.

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BLOG: The challenge of estimating poverty in the pandemic
BLOG: World Bank Group country classifications by income level for FY24
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Evolution Roadmap

The World Bank, led by its Board and shareholders, has embarked on a process to evolve its Vision and Mission, Operating Model, and Financial Capacity, as detailed in the Evolution Roadmap.

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World Bank Group Statement on Evolution Roadmap
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Making Cities Green, Resilient, and Inclusive in a Changing Climate

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Globally, 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions emanate from cities. At the same time, cities are being hit increasingly by climate change related shocks and stresses, ranging from more frequent extreme weather events to inflows of climate migrants. A new World Bank report provides policymakers with a compass for designing tailored policies that can help cities and countries take effective action to mitigate and adapt to climate change. Learn more.

Globally, roughly half of working age women participate in the labor force, which is significantly lower than the male labor force participation rate of around 80%. This gap is virtually unchanged from what it was three decades ago. And there are sizeable differences in the level of female labor force participation across regions. Moreover, women tend to face inferior income opportunities and on average earn less than men. Explore more aspects of female labor force participation through this data story.