Global gas flaring rose to its highest level since 2007, wasting $63 billion in energy and emitting 389 million tonnes of CO₂e. The World Bank’s 2025 report calls for urgent action to reduce flaring ...

The World Bank is strengthening its procurement requirements to help address the jobs challenge in developing countries by requiring companies working on World Bank-funded projects to include local ...

Global gas flaring increased by 9 billion cubic meters (bcm) in 2023, reaching 148 bcm, the highest level since 2019. The top ...

With support from Generation India’s training program, co-funded by the World Bank, youth can transition to stable jobs. Today’s global challenges require collective action. The World Bank engages ...

Access to reliable, affordable, and sustainable energy is critical for powering economies, delivering essential services, and spurring job creation for Africa’s growing population. With nearly 600 ...

The fourth edition of the Global Findex offers a lens into how people accessed and used financial services during the ...

More adults than ever in low- and middle-income countries now have bank or other financial accounts, leading to a rise in formal saving, according to the World Bank Group’s Global Findex 2025 report.

Progress toward this goal faces challenges due to limitations in the execution and allocation of the country's health budget.

By combining two complementary approaches, the gravity model and the Bartik model, this paper estimates: (i) the ...

Digital business training offers flexibility and scalability, but translating these features into tangible benefits for women ...

This background note provides more detail on the key findings for the health sector from the forthcoming World Bank 2025 ...

This paper highlights the successes and challenges of international mental health innovations, providing a roadmap for ...