For decades, these countries have subsided on a lean diet of foreign aid from major donor governments and the United Nations, the World Bank, and other multilateral institutions. Yet under President ...

In a time when development progress has dipped to its weakest pace in 75 years, artificial intelligence (AI) offers developing economies a rare path to greater prosperity. World Development Report ...

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Development can sometimes be a gradual process. At certain points in history, however, progress has accelerated. These moments, often supported by major advances in technology, can jump-start new eras ...

Developing economies do not need big data centres and should adapt lower-cost AI tools to local conditions, the World Bank ...

International development activities come in several forms and are driven by various economic, security, humanitarian, or other reasons. Many scholars and practitioners see this work as increasingly ...

World Development Indicators (WDI) serves as the World Bank's primary collection of internationally comparable data on development. It is a comprehensive resource that contains pertinent, top-notch ...

The violent protests that began in Nairobi in June appeared to erupt suddenly, a direct response to the government’s proposal of a contentious finance bill the month before. But the economic crisis ...

Located within the Development Economics Vice Presidency, the Development Research Group is the World Bank's principal research department. With its cross-cutting expertise on a broad range of topics ...

The World Bank has taken its first step since ending its ban on funding nuclear energy projects by partnering with the International Atomic Energy Agency to support countries that choose to include ...