Heeding the Call of a Country in Crisis: The World Bank and Partners in Yemen

The International Development Association—the World Bank’s fund for the poorest countries—is laying the foundation for recovery by supporting institution-building, restoring economic opportunities, and nurturing human capital.

Pandemic Response

New Global Database to Enhance Transparency and Improve Delivery of COVID-19 Tools

The Task Force on COVID-19 Vaccines, Therapeutics and Diagnostics for Developing Countries, established by the heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization, launched a new website that includes the first phase of a global database and country dashboards on vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics to guide their work and advocacy.

Resilient Recovery

Youth for a Greener, More Inclusive Future

Are you between 18 and 35 years old, with innovative ideas of how to ensure that a greener future benefits everyone? If so, send us a 1-minute video or photo telling us three actions your country or community can take to build a greener, more inclusive future.

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Vaccines

Africa’s Pathbreaking Collective Action on Vaccines

As the health systems of countries across Africa are put under increasing pressure by new waves of COVID-19, there is an urgent need to step up vaccination efforts. That is why we welcome the partnership with the African Union’s Africa Vaccine Acquisition Task Team (AVATT) to convene all relevant players in one virtual room to discuss the roadblocks to vaccine access. We are already seeing progress.

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Forecast revisions to global growth in 2021, by vaccination progress

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Global growth in 2021 is projected to be more robust than previously envisioned. Rapid vaccination progress has contributed to forecast upgrades in many countries; however, this is concentrated primarily in advanced economies. For many EMDEs, renewed COVID-19 surges and limited vaccination have contributed to downward revisions to growth. Read More.

The global COVID-19 vaccination campaign will be the largest in history. The delivery of COVID-19 vaccines presents challenges unprecedented in scale, speed and specificities, especially in low- and middle-income countries. In November 2020, anticipating the availability of safe and effective vaccines for COVID-19, the World Bank together with WHO, UNICEF, the Global Fund, and Gavi rolled out readiness assessments in more than 100 low and middle-income countries. Read More

Data flows not only support trade in goods, making production and distribution more effective and less costly, but such flows are in fact the vehicle for trading digital services across borders. As trade in global digital services has increased dramatically in recent years, so have global data flows. The World Development Report 2021, Data for Better Lives finds that a combination of well-defined domestic personal data protection measures with relative ease of cross-border movements appears to offer the most favorable environment for international trade in data-enabled services.

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, 27 economies in all regions and income groups enacted reforms to remove obstacles to women’s economic inclusion across all areas and increased good practices in legislation in 45 cases, according to the Women, Business and the Law 2021. The greatest number of reforms introduced or amended laws affecting pay and parenthood. Read more.

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Neelaab, a 9-year-old second-grader in Afghanistan, a beneficiary of the Education Quality Improvement Program. Photo: © Abbas Farzami/ World Bank

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Global Economic Prospects 2021

Poverty and Shared Prosperity 2020: Reversals of Fortune

World Bank Annual Report 2020

Women, Business and the Law 2021

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We help developing countries find solutions to the toughest global and local development challenges—from adapting to climate change to boosting food security to increasing access to energy.