Growth in South Asia is expected to increase to 6.4 percent this year, exceeding earlier projections and keeping the region on track to be the fastest growing in the world. Unlocking untapped ...

Latin America and the Caribbean will grow 1.9 percent in 2024. In 2025, the region is forecast to grow 2.6 percent. These are the lowest rates among all global regions ...

The East Asia and Pacific region stands as a remarkable example of economic development on the global stage. With consistently high growth rates and broadly shared benefits, it has become a paragon of ...

The World Bank and the Government of Sri Lanka today signed the Second Resilience, Stability, and Economic Turnaround (RESET) Development Policy Operation (DPO) for $200 million. This is the second ...

Developing East Asia and Pacific (EAP) is continuing to grow faster than the rest of the world in 2024, but slower than before the pandemic, the World Bank said in its semi-annual economic outlook for ...

The Heads of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank Group (WBG), and the World Health Organization (WHO) have agreed on broad principles for cooperation on pandemic preparedness.

Green growth is a resilient, inclusive and sustainable economic strategy that can boost employment — raising incomes and reducing poverty — while reducing the costs of economic growth on human health ...

What does the world need to do to become “Business Ready”? A healthy business environment and strong private sector are ...

Economies do better at enacting regulations to improve the national business climate than they do in providing the public ...

Poverty has increased slightly amid recent shocks, despite some economic stabilization. Pakistan made significant progress towards reducing poverty between 2001 and 2018 with the expansion of off-farm ...

Ecological connectivity refers to the unimpeded movement of species and natural processes essential for life on Earth, playing a critical role in conserving biodiversity and maintaining healthy ...

The Nepal Development Update is produced twice a year to report on key economic developments that occurred during the year, placing them in a longer-term and global perspective. The Update is intended ...