With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
WASHINGTON D.C., December 5, 2020 – The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved US$25 million in grants to support Samoa’s social and economic response and recovery from COVID-19 and boost efforts to build resilience to climate change, natural disasters and health-related risks.. This financing supports Government measures to assist workers affected by COVID-19 and ...
https://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/policy-makers-should-think-accountants-tackling-covid-19
Government financial statements prepared on an accrual basis provide richer information to help inform COVID-19 decision making.
Washington DC, April 28, 2020— The World Bank approved today a US$20 million project to help Jordan face the health impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak. The new COVID-19 Emergency Response project will support the Ministry of Health’s efforts in preventing, detecting and responding to the threat posed by the pandemic and strengthen public health preparedness.
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/psd/state-owned-enterprises-and-covid-19
Support to SOEs in providing essential public services, such as water, electricity, telecommunications and transport can be crucial in the short run.Even if state ownership of these companies is sub-optimal, failure to support them during this crisis could worsen an economic downturn and hurt jobs, public services, and livelihoods.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/nepal/coronavirus
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions working for sustainable solutions that reduce poverty and build shared prosperity in developing countries.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2020/10/29/ljdweek2020-gender-and-covid-19
Sara Mbago-Bhunu is the Director of IFAD's East and Southern Africa Division. Ms. Mbago-Bhunu's experience in the agriculture sector spans more than 20 years, having worked on agriculture policy and sector reviews, value chain development, access to agricultural finance, social enterprise models, and the promotion of SMEs in peri-urban and rural areas.