Gender equality is central to the World Bank’s mission of ending extreme poverty and promoting shared prosperity. In Eastern and Southern Africa (AFE), where women and girls face unique disadvantages ...

Kenya faces a growing youth employment challenge, with nearly 80 percent of its population under 35 working in informal, low-quality jobs that offer little security or opportunity for advancement.

Children in Kaboud District do homework by the light of a pico system installed by YEEAP. Photo credits: YEEAP - UNOPS. Between 2018 and 2022, the World Bank’s Yemen Emergency Electricity Access ...

The World Bank is supporting India’s efforts to give the country’s fast-growing young workforce access to skills needed to drive the economy of the future. The Bank-financed $250 million Skill India ...

In 2017, Uzbekistan launched a major reform agenda for societal and economic transformation, breaking from its past as a largely state-led and isolated economy. A series of World Bank Development ...

Sierra Leone reached its target of providing 1 million children with education through remote learning during COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. In Edo State, Nigeria, 56 percent of Primary and Junior ...

The World Bank SHIFT (Securing Human Investments to Foster Transformation) program sought to improve the rights and conditions of home-based workers (HBWs) and other vulnerable women working in ...

Since February 2022, working with development partners, the World Bank has mobilized $38 billion in financial commitments and pledges for Ukraine, of which over $29 billion had been disbursed as of ...

Since 2009, the World Bank has been supporting Kazakhstan in the strategic development of the South-West and East-West Road Projects. Through this support, Kazakhstan has enhanced its transit ...

Between 2003 and 2024, World Bank support has helped to significantly improve solid waste management in low- and middle-income countries. This has been achieved through holistic financing approaches ...

With World Bank support, Morocco has made significant strides since 2008 in strengthening its disaster and climate resilience. This has included gradual transition from a post-disaster approach ...

The World Bank provides funding and expertise to support Bangladesh’s efforts to protect coastal communities from tidal flooding, cyclones and storm surges, helping to protect more than 400,000 people ...