May 27, 2025 · With 189 member countries, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership fighting poverty worldwide through sustainable solutions.

Construction of a reservoir in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1973, with World Bank funding, aimed to improve water supply and sewerage services in and around the city. This was the first comprehensive action taken to restore ecological balance in the rivers and part …

The World Bank Group works in every major area of development. We provide a wide array of financial products and technical assistance and help countries share and apply innovative knowledge and solutions to tackle today’s intertwined development challenges.

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Oct 17, 2024 · The World Bank is supporting the Government of Bangladesh in ushering in a new wave of reforms and investments to continue the agriculture transformation process towards higher crop productivity and diversification, as well as higher income earning potential for Bangladesh's 22.7 million rural households through a comprehensive sector-wide program.

The World Bank is a vital source of financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. We are not a bank in the ordinary sense but a unique partnership to reduce poverty and support development. The World Bank Group comprises five institutions managed by their member countries. Established in 1944, the World Bank Group ...

The World Bank works with governments to provide low-carbon options for energy access that fit every country’s circumstances, including renewable sources like solar. For example, the Bank is providing more than $1 billion in lending for India’s solar projects, including a rooftop solar initiative that will deliver electricity to millions.

Apr 24, 2025 · The World Bank is coordinating with the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), which has been contracted by the Government of Ethiopia to implement the Response-Recovery-Resilience for Conflict-Affected Communities in Ethiopia Project in areas of high risk of conflict. The project supports efforts to address the immediate needs of ...

The World Bank is like a cooperative, made up of 189 member countries. These member countries, or shareholders, are represented by a Board of Governors, who are the ultimate policymakers at the World Bank. Generally, the governors are member countries' ministers of finance or …

Include Project Documents, Research & Publications from before 2000 View All People in East Asia and Pacific (EAP) countries have prospered over the last few decades because of the growth in productive jobs. Do industrial robots, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital platforms threaten that ...