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The goal of this project is to help build an effective social protection system that promotes social and productive inclusion.
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.
